NEW YORK, July 31 (UPI) -- Following the Democratic National Convention in Boston, a Newsweek poll shows a two to four-point margin "bounce" among the presidential candidates.
In interviews Thursday, before the Kerry nomination acceptance speech, John Kerry/John Edwards received the support of 47 percent of registered voters, George Bush/Dick Cheney 45 percent and Ralph Nader/Peter Miguel Camejo 2 percent, according to the Newsweek poll.
After the speech, in Friday interviews, Kerry/Edwards received 50 percent, Bush/Cheney 40 percent and Nader/Camejo 3 percent. In the two-way race, in interviews July 29, Kerry/Edwards received 49 percent and Bush/Cheney 47 percent. In interviews on July 30, Kerry/Edwards got 54 percent and Bush/Cheney 41 percent, the poll shows.
Nineteen percent of registered voters say they paid a great deal of attention to the Democratic convention, 29 percent said some. Fifty-one percent paid very little or no attention to the convention.
Princeton Survey Research Associates International interviewed 1,190 adults aged 18 and older on July 29-30. The Newsweek poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
