GhanaHomePage polls conducted over the last two weeks, among Ghanaians in USA, shows Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry running a 46-point lead, 71-25, over President George Bush.
Ralph Nader and unknown Bill Van Auken (Socialist Equality Party) both got 0.5%.
Kerry?s lead is bigger - 50 points - among all Ghanaians living in USA, i.e. includes Ghanaians living in USA, but not eligible to vote.
The poll, conducted October 18-31, interviewed via email 300 adult Ghanaian-Americans, who had the right to vote including registered voters. Of those, 251 indicated they were likely to vote.
Ghanaians living in Ohio, New York, Maryland, Texas, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, California and Utah took part in the poll.
President George W. Bush is seeking a second term as the 43rd president of the United States. John F. Kerry, a Democrat, is seeking to become the 44th president following a 19-year career in Congress as the junior senator from Massachusetts.
Up to 125 million Americans will cast votes to choose the leader of the United States for the next four years .
A Gallup poll last night showed Mr Kerry and President George W Bush tied on 49 per cent but with several key marginal states, where the race will be decided, tilting towards the Democrat.
Friendly-sounding phone calls telling African Americans they do not have to go to the polls is one method being used, voting rights workers said.
Warnings that anyone with an unpaid traffic ticket cannot vote and phoney notices that election day is actually November 3 have also been reported.
The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights said the election was proving remarkable for the number of bogus flyers, phone calls and other ploys.
Spokeswoman Barbara Arnwine said: "People were calling and telling them that because they had been such faithful voters, the county had decided they need not go to the polls but could vote by telephone."
While black voters were the main target of the tricks, Hispanics and white elderly voters were also vulnerable, Ms Arnwine said.
The tricks are focused on such battleground states as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Florida.
A hotline set up to take complaints and questions about alleged voter suppression has reportedly received more than 5,500 calls a day.
Some Michigan voters have received phone calls falsely claiming that Sen. John Kerry would make gay marriage legal. In New Jersey, some voters have heard a man claiming to be former Army Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf backing the Democrat. Elderly voters in Pennsylvania have been called and told they are ineligible to vote
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GhanaHomePage polls conducted over the last two weeks, among Ghanaians in USA, shows Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry running a 46-point lead, 71-25, over President George Bush.
Ralph Nader and unknown Bill Van Auken (Socialist Equality Party) both got 0.5%.
Kerry?s lead is bigger - 50 points - among all Ghanaians living in USA, i.e. includes Ghanaians living in USA, but not eligible to vote.
The poll, conducted October 18-31, interviewed via email 300 adult Ghanaian-Americans, who had the right to vote including registered voters. Of those, 251 indicated they were likely to vote.
Ghanaians living in Ohio, New York, Maryland, Texas, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, California and Utah took part in the poll.
President George W. Bush is seeking a second term as the 43rd president of the United States. John F. Kerry, a Democrat, is seeking to become the 44th president following a 19-year career in Congress as the junior senator from Massachusetts.
Up to 125 million Americans will cast votes to choose the leader of the United States for the next four years .
A Gallup poll last night showed Mr Kerry and President George W Bush tied on 49 per cent but with several key marginal states, where the race will be decided, tilting towards the Democrat.
Friendly-sounding phone calls telling African Americans they do not have to go to the polls is one method being used, voting rights workers said.
Warnings that anyone with an unpaid traffic ticket cannot vote and phoney notices that election day is actually November 3 have also been reported.
The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights said the election was proving remarkable for the number of bogus flyers, phone calls and other ploys.
Spokeswoman Barbara Arnwine said: "People were calling and telling them that because they had been such faithful voters, the county had decided they need not go to the polls but could vote by telephone."
While black voters were the main target of the tricks, Hispanics and white elderly voters were also vulnerable, Ms Arnwine said.
The tricks are focused on such battleground states as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Florida.
A hotline set up to take complaints and questions about alleged voter suppression has reportedly received more than 5,500 calls a day.
Some Michigan voters have received phone calls falsely claiming that Sen. John Kerry would make gay marriage legal. In New Jersey, some voters have heard a man claiming to be former Army Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf backing the Democrat. Elderly voters in Pennsylvania have been called and told they are ineligible to vote
COMPLETE LISTING OF ALL US PRESIDENTS
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