24/10/2004 11:26:24 pm
Bush in a Narrow Lead. With nine days left until the American Presidential election, George W Bush is in the lead. In the latest polls, he leads by between one and six per cent. See all the lastet polls here. This election has been called a referendum on President Bush. He is a controversial leader with strong ideas that he pursues forcefully. John Kerry had at least 40-45 per cent of the votes just by not being Bush. But Kerry seems unable to reach out to enough of the rest of the voters. The momentum that was building after his good efforts in the debates was halted when Bush turned out very positive in the last one. And so far Kerry isn?t winning the issues; people still trust Bush on foreign policy and the economiy is going fairly well - by American standards, very well by European standards. Still, the election is decided in the dozen swing states, where both candidates are now campaigning relentlessly. And in the final campaign, Kerry will take help from Bill Clinton and Bush from Arnold Schwarzenegger.