Is Blue fading in the Northeast?

[zorkpolitics]

Clearly something interesting is happening in the Northeast.  Except for NH, Gore carried the following states by 17% to 26%:

NH Bush ahead by 9 (Mason Dixon)
NY Kerry ahead by only 5 (Rasmussen)
NY Kerry ahead by only 8 (Marist)
CT Kerry ahead by only 7 (Quinnipiac)
NJ Bush ahead by 4 (Survey USA)
NJ Kerry ahead by only  3  (Strategic Vision)
NJ Tied (Quinnipiac)  New poll! Sep 21
MD Tied (survey USA)

Of course each time one of these polls came out everybody shouted outlier! or bad poll!  But collectivley they indicate a massive erosion of Kerry support

In the absence of advertising by either side, Kerry has failed to develop the natural support a Demcorat should expect in the NE.

[zorkpolitics]

The press refers ot the Republican states Bush won in 2000 as the Red states and the Gore states as the Blue states.  I don't remember that terminalogy carrying forward from the last election before.   It will be interesitng to see if they retain those colors this year and break tradition?

BTW New poll from Quinnipiac in NJ: The trend continues, tied among likely voters.