In the final sprint to the Nov. 2 US presidential election, six new nationwide polls give the incumbent US President George W. Bush a slight lead over his challenger, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
In the final pre-election New York Times/CBS News poll, Bush was ahead of Kerry with 49 percent to 46 percent, The New York Times reported Monday. The poll was conducted on Thursday through Saturday.
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Sunday showed that 49 percent of likely voters polled chose Bush, with 47 percent taking sides with Kerry.
Bush had a slight lead over Kerry, 49 percent to 48 percent, in the latest ABC News tracking poll, which was conducted through telephone interviews on Wednesday through Saturday.
In the Pew Research Poll carried Wednesday through Saturday with 1,925 likely voters, Bush enjoyed a three-point advantage.
The Fox News/Opinion poll conducted on Friday and Saturday indicated that both Bush and Kerry had the support of 46 percent.
A Newsweek poll reported the largest gap between the two presidential candidates. Bush, with a six-percentage points lead, was favored by 50 percent of voters and Kerry by 44 percent.
Other than the Newsweek poll, the margins of the sampling error for the other polls range from two to four percentage points.