A Newsweek poll agrees with the TIME poll we posted yesterday, confirming that President Bush now has a double digit lead over John Kerry: Bush Has Double-Digit Lead on Kerry - Newsweek Poll.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Bush emerged from the Republican National Convention with an 11-point lead over Democrat John Kerry, according to a Newsweek poll released on Saturday, the second straight survey showing him ahead by double digits.

The Newsweek poll of 1,008 adults conducted on Thursday and Friday showed Bush leading Kerry by 52 percent to 41 percent among registered voters, with independent Ralph Nader at 3 percent. The survey had a 4-point margin of error.

That represented a 13-point bounce for Bush since an Aug. 5-10 poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Research Center, Newsweek said. Polls for months had shown Bush and Kerry running neck and neck.

A Time poll released on Friday showed Bush leading Kerry by an identical margin in a three-way race with Nader for the Nov. 2 election. That survey polled 926 likely voters from Tuesday to Thursday during the convention in New York that nominated Bush for a second term.