Thune leading Daschle inside error margin

From WashingtonTimes.Com

September 13, 2004

Sioux Falls, SD, Sep. 13 (UPI) -- Republican John Thune now leads Sen. Majority Leader Tom Daschle by three points in the South Dakota Senate race, pollster Scott Rasmussen said Monday.

Thune, who served for four years as South Dakota's lone representative in the the U.S. House of Representatives, leads Daschle 50 percent to 47 percent among the 500 likely voters surveyed, inside the survey's 4.5 point margin of sampling error.

In the last Rasmussen survey, conducted in February, Daschle led Thune by three points.

Thune leads 51 percent to 46 percent among men and 49 percent to 47 percent among women, Rasmussen said. Thune is viewed favorably by 65 percent of South Dakota voters while 52 percent say they have a favorable opinion of Daschle.

The telephone survey was conducted by Rasmussen Reports on September 8, 2004.