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Friday, May 21, 2004

In some cases his support is surprising.

In New Jersey, a state that Al Gore carried by 16 points in 2000, Bush has surged in the past month.

The latest Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows Democrat John Kerry leading Bush by only a small margin, 46 percent to 43 percent.

"Despite all the bad news out of Iraq, President Bush is threatening to make a horse race out of New Jersey, a state everyone had put in the 'safe' column for Kerry," said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling.

And Bush appears to be strong in several battleground states that may prove pivotal come election day.

A Zogby poll released Thursday showed that a majority of Southerners surveyed say they would vote for President Bush if the election were held today.

Significantly, the poll has Bush sweeping the battleground states of Florida, Arkansas and Tennessee.

But another poll out Thursday showed that Florida may be a closer call.

A new American Research Group poll found that Bush and Kerry are tied in Florida with 47 percent each.

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