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

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3877)	10/29/2000 5:35:20 PM
From: Slugger	Respond to of 10042

Newsweek Poll: Bush Leads Gore Most Nader voters say they will not switch their vote to defeat the Texas governor NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE October 28 — Texas Gov. George W. Bush has a marginal 45 percent to 42 percent lead over Vice President Al Gore among registered voters, according to the latest Newsweek Poll, with Green Party candidate Ralph Nader at 4 percent and Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan at 2 percent. AMONG LIKELY VOTERS, Bush has a more significant 49 percent to 41 percent lead over Gore. In last week’s poll, Gore had a thin 45 percent to 42 percent lead over Bush among registered voters, while likely voters split 48 percent to 41 percent for Bush. In a hypothetical two-way race, Gore and Bush are tied (47 percent each), with 61 percent of Nader supporters saying they would vote for the vice president in such a race. Just 14 percent of Nader voters say the would vote for Bush; 25 percent remain undecided. Significantly, only 28 percent of Naderites say they would switch to Gore even if it seemed a vote for Nader would help elect Bush. A full 50 percent say they would stick with Nader, and 10 percent say they wouldn’t vote at all. msnbc.com It looks as if the most Gore could pick up from Nader supporters is an extra 1% in the polls (25% of Nader's current 4% polling number). That's not enough to push him over the top without Bush slipping some in the polls (assuming the popular vote carries over to the electoral college results.)

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3877)	10/29/2000 7:01:39 PM
From: brutusdog	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 10042

Thanks for the clue. But your wrong. All reasonable people admit that Gore and Bush have strong and weak points. The only people I hear disputing that are people like yourself posting here on SI. Sorry to rain on your parade, but Bush lacks the intelligence, education, and leadership to be President. An unenthusiastic endorsement f Gore is not an endorsement of Bush. If anything it is a commentary on the sad state of affairs the two major political parties left us in this year by nominating two bad candidates.