USA TODAY/CNN/GALLUP Poll Shows Bush 49% and Kerry 46% in Florida

MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY/CNN/GALLUP have released the results of a poll of likely voters in the battleground state of Florida.The results show that of likely voters in that state, George W. Bush has 49%of the vote to John Kerry's 46% of the vote. Ralph Nader received 2% of thevote.

The poll of 674 likely voters, conducted September 18 - 22, has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

In addition to nationwide polls, USA TODAY/CNN/GALLUP is tracking the support for the candidates in the closely contested states likely to decide the 2004 election. Results for the Florida state poll will appear intomorrow's editions of USA TODAY. Complete results can now be found on USATODAY.com by going to http://www.politics.usatoday.com and clicking on USATODAY polls.

USA TODAY is the nation's top selling newspaper. It is published via satellite at 36 locations in the USA and four sites abroad. With a total average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide.USA TODAY is published by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI).

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NEW YORK - Secretary James A. Baker, III, Bush-Cheney '04 Debate Negotiations Team Leader and Vernon Jordan, Jr. today issued the following statement:

"We are pleased to announce today that President Bush and Senator Kerry will participate in three debates. The first debate is on Thursday, September 30 at the University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Florida, the second is on October 8 in St. Louis, Missouri at Washington University, and the third at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona on October 13. Vice President Cheney will debate Senator Edwards on Tuesday October 5 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio."
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