Zogby is the pollster lots of trust the most, and he shows Bush ahead of Kerry by only 1 point. He also notes that Nader is hurting Kerry.
Message to Nader voters, if you don't give a damn about the Supreme Court, about women's rights, about gay Americans, about abortion staying legal, about the environment, about an upcoming draft and more, then you just keep on deluding yourselves that by voting for Nader you're not helping re-elect George Bush. The truth hurts folks, but you're absolute idiots if you think you're not helping re-elect Bush - per se if you voted for Kerry you'd be upping his odds to get rid of Bush.
But again, if you think most of what the left in this country holds dear is absolutely irrelevant and expendable - hell, that everything Ralph Nader holds dear is expendable - then vote away for Nader. You know he going to lose - the only question is whether he again takes the rest of us down with him. Honestly, I have no more use for you people. If it takes an intervention to slap you out of your deluded sense that every vote DOESN'T count (which is exactly what you're arguing, that somehow by not voting for Kerry you're not influencing the election against him), then slap in the face it will be.
Snippets from the larger Zogby poll:
Pollster John Zogby: "The close race got even closer. There is some evidence that Kerry's debate performance and increased clarity on the war has helped him consolidate at least some of the support that he has lost. But undecideds are up to 8 percent and there is still a month to go. There is also no doubt that Ralph Nader is hurting Kerry. The post convention bounce for Bush is over and his biggest hurdle is among undecided voters who give him a 31 percent positive job performance rating and a 69 percent negative rating. Only 13 percent of undecided voters feel that the president deserves re-election (his lowest yet) while 37 percent feel it is time for someone new.
Undecideds at 8 percent are high because we don't push them until later. Five points of these are hard undecideds, two-points use to be with Kerry, and one point with Bush. How will they break in the end? Will they even vote?
