A recent Rasmussen poll of 1000 likely voters found the following:
[O]nly 60 percent of Republicans say their party leader is better at controlling government spending than the Democratic contender. Democrats and unaffiliated voters say that Kerry is better. Fifty-three percent (53%) of conservative voters say Bush is better on controlling spending while 21% name Kerry. Among moderates, 20% think the President is better while 54% name Kerry. Self-identified liberal voters overwhelmingly say Kerry is better.
21 percent of conservative voters back Kerry over Bush on this. That’s amazing to me. But it’s the moderates that should have Bush worried.
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