Pollster David Hill has a sharp analysis of how John Edwards may be pulling down the poll numbers for Mr. Kerry.

"Focusing just on polls of likely voters, I found that 10 polls asked their trial heats using both the presidential and vice-presidential candidates’ names. Nine other polls read only the presidential candidates’ names.

On average, when Edwards’s name was added to the ballot, Kerry trailed President Bush by an average of 6.6 percentage points. But when Kerry alone ran against Bush, the Democrat was losing by only 1.7 percentage points, on average."

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