LOS ANGELES, July 23 (UPI) -- The race for U.S. president remains a statistical dead heat, with nearly every question evenly split, a Los Angeles Times poll indicates.
Presumptive Democratic Party candidate John Kerry was the choice for president of 46 percent of respondents while President Bush was named by 44 percent -- a difference within the poll's margin of error. Seven percent of those asked remain undecided and the independent candidacy of Ralph Nader was selected by 3 percent of respondents.
Bush's favorable ratings went to 52 percent from 50 percent in the previous Times' poll while 47 percent of respondents said they had an unfavorable opinion of the president. A total of 56 percent of those asked rate Kerry favorably and 22 percent have a negative opinion.
The Los Angeles Times poll was conducted July 17-21 with a total of 3,642 people contacted by telephone. The overall margin of error was 3 percentage points.
