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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Selectric II who wrote (2092)	10/10/2000 11:43:24 PM
From: Slugger	Respond to of 10042

Voter.com Battleground 2000 Daily Poll: Bush 44, Gore 41 October 10, 2000 By Catherine Ivey voter.com (Voter.com) – Texas Gov. George W. Bush continues to hold a slim lead over Al Gore in the polls and currently has a three-point margin over the vice president, according to the latest Voter.com Battleground 2000 poll. The survey, released Tuesday, is based on 1,000 phone responses gathered during four preceding evenings and is part of a series of tracking polls published each weekday until election day. The poll is conducted by Democratic pollster Celinda Lake of Lake, Snell, Perry & Associates and Republican pollster Ed Goeas of the Tarrance Group. The poll’s margin of error is 3.1 percent. When asked to pick their top candidate among the leading four contenders, 44 percent of those surveyed said they would pick Bush if the election were held today; 41 percent backed Gore, 3 percent supported Green Party nominee Ralph Nader and 1 percent picked Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan. The numbers suggest Bush is the beneficiary of favorable opinion following his performance last week in the presidential debate and his running mate’s showing in the vice presidential debate. An Oct. 1 poll, taken before either debate, showed Gore and Bush tied at 41 percent each. Other significant findings from the most recent Voter.com Battleground poll include: The race for the control of Congress remains tight; when asked a “generic ballot” question about which party they would be more likely to vote for in a Congressional race, 40 percent said they would back a Republican, while 39 percent said they would vote for a Democrat. Ralph Nader’s support has dropped from a high of 5 percent on Sept. 27 and 28 to 3 percent at present. Women continue to support Al Gore by large margin; he now leads Bush in this demographic by a 9-point margin, 47 percent to 38 percent. Men support George W. Bush by an even wider margin; Bush currently leads Gore by 15 points, 50 to 35 percent.