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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (28843)	8/10/2000 2:30:08 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

JLA, new poll...California is now up for grabs! SACRAMENTO (AP) - Vice President Al Gore and GOP presidential nominee George W. Bush are now virtually even among likely California voters, with Green Party candidate Ralph Nader taking significant support from Gore, according to a new poll. cbs.marketwatch.com 8/10/2000 12:21:02 PM ET The survey, released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California, found Gore backed by 40 percent of likely voters while Bush drew 37 percent. Nader had 8 percent and Reform Party contender Pat Buchanan, 1 percent. Fourteen percent were undecided. The survey, conducted while Republicans were nominating the Texas governor at their national convention, was released a week before Democrats will formally nominate Gore in Los Angeles. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. "Democrats cannot take California for granted," said survey director Mark Baldassare. "The conventional wisdom that says the state is solidly Democratic is off the mark." Bush was campaigning in California this week with Arizona Sen. John McCain, a sign of the confidence campaign aides have in his overall strength in Midwestern battleground states. "It allows us to spend time in traditional Democratic strongholds while Al Gore is fighting to secure his base," said Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer. Gore spokesman David Chai said the campaign is not worried about the poll, adding: "We're banking on the fact that Al Gore has visited the state up to 80 times." A Field Poll conducted in June showed Gore backed by 46 percent of likely voters, Bush by 35 percent and Nader, a consumer advocate, 7 percent. The survey released Thursday found men favored Bush over Gore, 43 percent to 34 percent, while more women liked Gore, 45 percent to 32 percent. Hispanic voters also favored Gore over Bush, 55 percent to 29 percent. PPIC conducted the telephone survey of 988 likely voters between July 28 and Aug. 4. The institute, a private, nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, conducts research on economic, social and political issues