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Buyer's Remorse: Kerry Would Beat Bush Easily If Election Were Held Today

April 22, 2006

A new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll shows that if the 2004 presidential election were held again today, John Kerry would easily win.

The outcome of the 2004 United States presidential election would be different if a new ballot took place this year, according to a poll by Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times. 47 per cent of respondents would vote for Democrat John Kerry, while 40 per cent would support Republican George W. Bush.

In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the U.S. Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states. Kerry received 252 electoral votes from 19 states and the District of Columbia. As far as the popular vote is concerned, Bush garnered 51.03 per cent of all cast ballots, with Kerry getting 48.04 per cent.

In a January 2005 interview with NBC’s Tim Russert, Kerry expressed satisfaction with his campaign, saying, "I won the youth vote. I won the independent vote. I won the moderate vote. If you take half the people at an Ohio State football game on Saturday afternoon and they were to have voted the other way, you and I would be having a discussion today about my State of the Union speech."

On Apr. 20, Kerry discussed the possibility of a presidential bid in 2008, saying, "I will make that decision before the end of the year but I’m thinking about it hard." The Massachusetts senator jokingly added, "If you can help me find 60,000 votes in Ohio."

Polling Data:

Regardless of how you may have voted in the presidential election in November 2004, knowing what you know today, would you vote for George W. Bush or John Kerry if the presidential election was being held today?

John Kerry (D) 47%

George W. Bush (R) 40%

Someone else 6%

If the Kerry campaign had responded quickly and aggressively to the cowardly, lying scum who were behind the Swift Boat Smear Campaign, things would have turned out differently. Kerry said during the campaign that his team had to be perfect in order to win. He was right. His team did everything right -- except for that slow response, and it killed the campaign. If Kerry had gone on TV and said "You bet I testified before Congress about the My Lai massacre and I'd do it again today because it was the right thing to do" and then boldly attacked those who questioned his patriotism and service in Viet Nam, Rove would not have gotten the upper hand.

I'll never forget the Democratic convention and Kerry's inspiring biopic, which highlighted his military service and years of public service as a prosecutor who helped take down organized crime. Contrast that with George Bush's biopic which showcased Bush's most courageous moment: once, the Secret Service made him wear a bulletproof vest while he threw out a pitch at a baseball game after 9/11. Yawn.

This is what we call Buyer's Remorse.

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