NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. workers are divided on whether President Bush or Sen. John Kerry would create more jobs if elected, a poll by the New York staffing firm Hudson finds.
A survey of employed U.S. workers found 44 percent believe President Bush would be better at creating jobs while 43 percent think Democratic contender Kerry would be better.
When workers were asked who would create more jobs for their companies, 44 percent said Bush and 36 percent named Kerry.
More entrepreneurs (49 percent vs. 33 percent) favored Bush over Kerry at creating jobs in their own organization. Private-sector employees also favored Bush over Kerry 43 percent to 36 percent. However, more government employees (44 percent compared to 36 percent) chose Kerry on job growth within their organization.
More government employees said they were Democrats (39 percent) than Republicans (33 percent). The reverse is true among entrepreneurs (40 percent Republican, 34 percent Democrat). Private sector employees are more evenly divided (36 percent Republican, 35 percent Democrat).
If elections were held today, 50 percent of U.S. workers said they would vote for Bush and 43 percent for Kerry, with 3 percent undecided.
The Hudson election survey was conducted Oct. 14-20 by N.J.-based Rasmussen Reports, with a margin of sampling error of +/- 2 percentage points.
