For Immediate Release:

Democrats Less Confident than Republicans Their Votes Will be Accurately Counted

FLEMINGTON, NJ, November 2, 2004 -- Results of a new national poll revealed that while 80% of Republicans were confident that their votes would be accurately counted, only 63% of Democrats were confident that their votes would be accurately counted in today’s election.

The national e-survey was conducted by readmylipz.com, a partnership between Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion (MCIPO) and HCD Research during November 1-2, among a nationally representative sample of 1,145 likely U.S. voters including Republicans, Democrats and Independents.

Among the findings:

While the majority of responders (71%) are confident that their votes will be accurately counted, nearly one-third (29%) are either not confident or not sure that their votes will be accurately counted.
Slightly more than half of the responders (51%) indicated that they plan to vote for President Bush, while just under half of the responders (47%) revealed that they plan to vote for Senator Kerry.

Note: With 1,145 responders who report they are going to vote today, we can be 99% confident of our overall results, within a range of plus or minus 4%.

Read My Lipz.com was developed by HCD Research in conjunction with the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion, (MCIPO) and Emmy Award-winning Network Television Producer Stu Kreisman. Headquartered in Flemington, New Jersey, HCD Research is a pioneer in Internet health care marketing and advertising research. Headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, MCIPO is a respected source of public opinion data on local, state and national issues. Kreisman is a writer/producer best known for his work on popular network television series such as Cheers, Night Court, Newhart and SCTV. For more information or to share your views on current campaign political advertising, access www.readmylipz.com.

For more information or to schedule an interview with Glenn Kessler, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, HCD Research or Chris Borick, Ph.D., Associate Political Science Professor, Muhlenberg College, please contact Vince McGourty, M&M Communications, Inc., at 908-713-1267 or vinmcg@earthlink.net.

Contact:

Vince McGourty
M&M Communications, Inc.
(908) 713-1267
vinmcg@earthlink.net

Glenn Kessler
HCD Research
908-788-9393
glenn.kessler@hcdi.net