**OT**
Facts don't matters here
I am not so sure about that; people can see through the spin(on this issue at least).....
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Most voters back Bush
By Henry Pierson Curtis of the Sentinel Staff
Published in The Orlando Sentinel on November 30, 2000
Nearly two out of three Florida voters accept George W. Bush as their next president, a new Orlando Sentinel statewide poll released Wednesday shows.
That includes one of every four people who identified themselves as Al Gore voters but now consider Bush the state`s official winner, according to the telephone survey by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc.
"We want to know who our president is," Gore voter Rogene Jensen, 45, of Orlando, said Wednesday evening of her decision to acknowledge Bush as the victor. "I`d love to see Gore win, but it`s not up to me. People want to move on."
Slightly more than half of voters also want the Florida Legislature to select the state`s presidential electors before the Dec. 12 deadline if there are further court attempts to delay or change the election results.
The 52 percent of the voters supporting such action included 38 percent who identified themselves as Gore voters and 65 percent who identified themselves as Bush voters.
"They`re certainly losing the game a little bit in the court of public opinion, although this will be decided in the courts," Mason-Dixon managing director Brad Coker said of Democrats` efforts to sway public opinion in favor of an extended recount.
The strongest opposition to a Bush presidency came from black voters. Out of the 85 black voters polled, only 12 percent accepted Bush`s victory and 88 percent supported Gore`s challenge to overturn the election results.
But while 57 percent of Florida voters think Gore should concede the election, voters nationwide seem more willing to wait and are still more sharply divided along partisan lines.
In a CBS News-New York Times poll released Wednesday, 48 percent of adults surveyed said it is too soon to concede. Only 42 percent thought Gore should accept defeat now.
And while 56 percent of Florida voters think the election was fair, adults nationwide were evenly split at 47 percent on whether the election was fair and accurate.
It is no surprise that 99 percent of Republican voters surveyed in Florida acclaim Bush as the winner after Sunday`s certification of votes.
"It needs to stop as soon as possible. . . . It`s been a nightmare,"` Bush voter Tina Marie Philips, 31, of Longwood, said Wednesday outside the Orlando Fashion Square mall on East Colonial Drive.
In Central Florida, 64 percent, or 92 of the 144 people interviewed, accepted Bush as the winner.
Of the 803 registered voters interviewed statewide, 49 percent said they voted for Bush, 49 percent for Gore, and 2 percent for other candidates.
The poll`s margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.
Doug Head, chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party, said the poll`s findings are misleading.
Some Gore voters may agree Bush has been designated the "official winner" by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris but wouldn`t say he is the final winner, Head said. "The remarkable thing is that 40 percent of the voters don`t think he`s the official winner," he said.
Lew Oliver, chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, said Gore will damage his political future and hurt the Democratic Party if he persists in challenging the election results.
"I don`t think there is any way to put a positive spin on a significant number of his own people thinking he should step aside," Oliver said.
While the poll shows a majority of Florida voters accept a Bush presidency, it also demonstrates that significant numbers challenge the outcome.
Out of the 803 people questioned, 38 percent thought the election was unfair, and 6 percent were unsure; 38 percent do not think the recount was accurate, and 7 percent were unsure; and 31 percent do not think Bush won, and 14 percent were unsure.
"In an election this close, I don`t believe even if a Mother Teresa counted every vote by hand you wouldn`t have a significant number of voters think the outcome is unfair," Oliver said. "The silver lining in all of this is that voter registration is probably going to be higher next time. . . . I certainly intend to use this to register complacent voters, and I`m sure the Democrats will, too."
Most voters back Bush
By Henry Pierson Curtis of the Sentinel Staff
Published in The Orlando Sentinel on November 30, 2000
Nearly two out of three Florida voters accept George W. Bush as their next president, a new Orlando Sentinel statewide poll released Wednesday shows.
That includes one of every four people who identified themselves as Al Gore voters but now consider Bush the state`s official winner, according to the telephone survey by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc.
"We want to know who our president is," Gore voter Rogene Jensen, 45, of Orlando, said Wednesday evening of her decision to acknowledge Bush as the victor. "I`d love to see Gore win, but it`s not up to me. People want to move on."
Slightly more than half of voters also want the Florida Legislature to select the state`s presidential electors before the Dec. 12 deadline if there are further court attempts to delay or change the election results.
The 52 percent of the voters supporting such action included 38 percent who identified themselves as Gore voters and 65 percent who identified themselves as Bush voters.
"They`re certainly losing the game a little bit in the court of public opinion, although this will be decided in the courts," Mason-Dixon managing director Brad Coker said of Democrats` efforts to sway public opinion in favor of an extended recount.
The strongest opposition to a Bush presidency came from black voters. Out of the 85 black voters polled, only 12 percent accepted Bush`s victory and 88 percent supported Gore`s challenge to overturn the election results.
But while 57 percent of Florida voters think Gore should concede the election, voters nationwide seem more willing to wait and are still more sharply divided along partisan lines.
In a CBS News-New York Times poll released Wednesday, 48 percent of adults surveyed said it is too soon to concede. Only 42 percent thought Gore should accept defeat now.
And while 56 percent of Florida voters think the election was fair, adults nationwide were evenly split at 47 percent on whether the election was fair and accurate.
It is no surprise that 99 percent of Republican voters surveyed in Florida acclaim Bush as the winner after Sunday`s certification of votes.
"It needs to stop as soon as possible. . . . It`s been a nightmare,"` Bush voter Tina Marie Philips, 31, of Longwood, said Wednesday outside the Orlando Fashion Square mall on East Colonial Drive.
In Central Florida, 64 percent, or 92 of the 144 people interviewed, accepted Bush as the winner.
Of the 803 registered voters interviewed statewide, 49 percent said they voted for Bush, 49 percent for Gore, and 2 percent for other candidates.
The poll`s margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.
Doug Head, chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party, said the poll`s findings are misleading.
Some Gore voters may agree Bush has been designated the "official winner" by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris but wouldn`t say he is the final winner, Head said. "The remarkable thing is that 40 percent of the voters don`t think he`s the official winner," he said.
Lew Oliver, chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, said Gore will damage his political future and hurt the Democratic Party if he persists in challenging the election results.
"I don`t think there is any way to put a positive spin on a significant number of his own people thinking he should step aside," Oliver said.
While the poll shows a majority of Florida voters accept a Bush presidency, it also demonstrates that significant numbers challenge the outcome.
Out of the 803 people questioned, 38 percent thought the election was unfair, and 6 percent were unsure; 38 percent do not think the recount was accurate, and 7 percent were unsure; and 31 percent do not think Bush won, and 14 percent were unsure.
"In an election this close, I don`t believe even if a Mother Teresa counted every vote by hand you wouldn`t have a significant number of voters think the outcome is unfair," Oliver said. "The silver lining in all of this is that voter registration is probably going to be higher next time. . . . I certainly intend to use this to register complacent voters, and I`m sure the Democrats will, too."
Most voters back Bush
By Henry Pierson Curtis of the Sentinel Staff
Published in The Orlando Sentinel on November 30, 2000
Nearly two out of three Florida voters accept George W. Bush as their next president, a new Orlando Sentinel statewide poll released Wednesday shows.
That includes one of every four people who identified themselves as Al Gore voters but now consider Bush the state`s official winner, according to the telephone survey by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc.
"We want to know who our president is," Gore voter Rogene Jensen, 45, of Orlando, said Wednesday evening of her decision to acknowledge Bush as the victor. "I`d love to see Gore win, but it`s not up to me. People want to move on."
Slightly more than half of voters also want the Florida Legislature to select the state`s presidential electors before the Dec. 12 deadline if there are further court attempts to delay or change the election results.
The 52 percent of the voters supporting such action included 38 percent who identified themselves as Gore voters and 65 percent who identified themselves as Bush voters.
"They`re certainly losing the game a little bit in the court of public opinion, although this will be decided in the courts," Mason-Dixon managing director Brad Coker said of Democrats` efforts to sway public opinion in favor of an extended recount.
The strongest opposition to a Bush presidency came from black voters. Out of the 85 black voters polled, only 12 percent accepted Bush`s victory and 88 percent supported Gore`s challenge to overturn the election results.
But while 57 percent of Florida voters think Gore should concede the election, voters nationwide seem more willing to wait and are still more sharply divided along partisan lines.
In a CBS News-New York Times poll released Wednesday, 48 percent of adults surveyed said it is too soon to concede. Only 42 percent thought Gore should accept defeat now.
And while 56 percent of Florida voters think the election was fair, adults nationwide were evenly split at 47 percent on whether the election was fair and accurate.
It is no surprise that 99 percent of Republican voters surveyed in Florida acclaim Bush as the winner after Sunday`s certification of votes.
"It needs to stop as soon as possible. . . . It`s been a nightmare,"` Bush voter Tina Marie Philips, 31, of Longwood, said Wednesday outside the Orlando Fashion Square mall on East Colonial Drive.
In Central Florida, 64 percent, or 92 of the 144 people interviewed, accepted Bush as the winner.
Of the 803 registered voters interviewed statewide, 49 percent said they voted for Bush, 49 percent for Gore, and 2 percent for other candidates.
The poll`s margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.
Doug Head, chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party, said the poll`s findings are misleading.
Some Gore voters may agree Bush has been designated the "official winner" by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris but wouldn`t say he is the final winner, Head said. "The remarkable thing is that 40 percent of the voters don`t think he`s the official winner," he said.
Lew Oliver, chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, said Gore will damage his political future and hurt the Democratic Party if he persists in challenging the election results.
"I don`t think there is any way to put a positive spin on a significant number of his own people thinking he should step aside," Oliver said.
While the poll shows a majority of Florida voters accept a Bush presidency, it also demonstrates that significant numbers challenge the outcome.
Out of the 803 people questioned, 38 percent thought the election was unfair, and 6 percent were unsure; 38 percent do not think the recount was accurate, and 7 percent were unsure; and 31 percent do not think Bush won, and 14 percent were unsure.
"In an election this close, I don`t believe even if a Mother Teresa counted every vote by hand you wouldn`t have a significant number of voters think the outcome is unfair," Oliver said. "The silver lining in all of this is that voter registration is probably going to be higher next time. . . . I certainly intend to use this to register complacent voters, and I`m sure the Democrats will, too."
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