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

To: Slugger who wrote (3635)	10/26/2000 10:36:13 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10042

New Poll Says Gore Leads Bush in Florida WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new poll on Thursday said Vice President Al Gore (news - web sites) was leading Texas Gov. George W. Bush (news - web sites) in Florida, a crucial state in presidential elections just two weeks away, the opposite of a poll released the day before. The New York Times/CBS News poll said Democrat Gore is leading Republican Bush by 46 percent to 42 percent, helped by Florida's senior citizens, who said the vice president is more likely to cut the cost of health care and prescription drugs. On Wednesday, a poll taken for the Florida Sun-Sentinel pointed to the opposite outcome, with Bush leading Gore 46 percent to 41 percent in the state. At the start of the campaign, Bush was expected to win Florida, given advantages that include the fact that Bush's brother Jeb is the state's popular governor. But Gore's stance on issues important to seniors and on the environment has forced Bush to campaign hard for the state's 25 votes in the electoral college. Bush was in Florida again on Wednesday. Gore's four point advantage among likely voters in the New York Times/CBS News poll, which was conducted Sunday through Tuesday, was within the poll's margin of error of four percentage points, meaning it was a statistical dead heat. The poll said Gore had a ten-point advantage over Bush among seniors and the vice president was also ahead with women. Wednesday's poll for the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale was conducted between Oct. 17 and 23 among 606 likely voters. That poll has a four percentage point margin of error.