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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve
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To: Cisco who wrote (72)10/25/2000 12:25:46 AM
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. –– With a tightened presidential race in California, Ralph Nader supporters pulled ads promoting him in California newspapers out of concern that votes for him could cost Al Gore the state.

And Gore faced renewed pressure from Republicans, as three GOP governors stumped here Tuesday on behalf of George W. Bush. California Democratic Gov. Gray Davis was countering by touting Gore in a series of interviews.

Greg MacArthur, a New York businessman paying for full-page advertisements to boost support for Green Party candidate Nader, decided Tuesday to pull those that were to run in California's largest newspapers this week.

The ads said "a vote for Nader is not a vote for Bush" and were aimed at Nader backers worried they could tip the election to Republicans.

MacArthur, a businessman and documentary filmmaker, had spent about $320,000 for the ads to appear in states where either Bush or Gore has a solid lead.

He said the goal was to help Nader win at least 5 percent of the popular vote on Nov. 7 to qualify the Green Party for federal campaign money in 2004.

But MacArthur was pulling the ads from the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner. They will run as planned in weekly newspapers, the Los Angeles Weekly and the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

MacArthur's decision came a day after a Public Policy Institute of California poll showed Bush trailing Gore by 5 percentage points, down from 9 points last month.

washingtonpost.com
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