Bush Gains in Polls; Media Still Silent
NewsMax.com
Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000
George W. Bush is gaining over Al Gore in polls released Tuesday. And once again the leftist media establishment has glossed over or ignored the polls showing Bush ahead.
Bipartisan Poll: Bush Ahead by Four Points
Texas Gov. Bush has a four-point lead over Vice President Gore, according to the latest Voter.com Battleground 2000 poll.
The survey, of 1,000 likely voters, is based on four days of polling between Sept. 12 and Monday. It is the latest in a series of daily tracking polls conducted by Democrat Celinda Lake and Republican Ed Goeas. The margin of error is 3.1 percent.
When asked to choose among the leading four presidential candidates, Bush's narrow lead over Gore widened from a two-point lead early last week to a four-point lead (41 percent to 37 percent).
Green Party's Ralph Nader was favored by 4 percent of those polled; Reform Party's Pat Buchanan was supported by 1 percent.
Gore Suffers Gender Gap
The poll showed that Bush's numbers were holding steady or rising in major categories, including male and female voters, while Gore's were slipping.
Among male voters, Bush's support has risen from 44 percent in a poll released Sept. 10 to 47 percent in the poll released Tuesday. In the same period, Gore's support among men declined from 36 percent to 32 percent.
Despite recent attempts to woo female voters, Gore's support has dipped among female voters, from 45 percent in the poll released Sept. 10 to 42 percent in the poll released Tuesday. Support for Bush has held steady at 36 percent.
Portrait of America: Bush Gains
Also released Tuesday, Portrait of America's polling between Saturday and Monday shows Republican Bush with 44 percent and Democrat Gore with 41.3 percent.
Gore had held a slim 1.2 percent lead over Bush the previous week, but the Republican nominee has since reversed that trend.
The survey, conducted by Rasmussen Research, indicated a slight gain in support for Nader, who rose to 3.4 percent from 2.9 percent a week ago.
Buchanan's support fell to 1.1 percent from 1.6 percent last week.
The GOP and Democrat contenders scored almost equally in how voters feel about them. Both men had an unfavorable rating of 41 percent, while Bush had a slightly higher favorable rating than Gore, besting the vice president 47 percent to 46 percent.
"Al Gore also succeeded in altering the public perception of George W. Bush a bit. The GOP contender is now seen as slightly more conservative than he was before the conventions," says POA's Web site.
The perception of liberal versus conservative could help the Bush campaign, CNSNews reported Tuesday.
The Rasmussen Research data show that 49 percent of the respondents described themselves as "very conservative" or "somewhat conservative," while only 16 percent considered themselves "very liberal" or "somewhat liberal."
The survey of 2,250 likely voters has a margin of error of 2.1 percent, according to Rasmussen.
CNN-USA Today-Gallup
The latest CNN-USA Today-Gallup tracking poll, of only 697 likely voters, was also released Tuesday. It showed Gore at 48 percent and Bush at 44 percent but with an error margin of four percentage points.
Why Do Media Downplay Bush's Poll Gains?
As NewsMax.com has noted recently, the mainstream liberal news media have repeatedly ignored or minimized Bush's poll successes while playing up Gore's poll successes.
The same proved true yet again in a check of Web sites Tuesday:
An Associated Press roundup of poll news led with a poll showing Gore ahead in Arizona and buried the big news, the bipartisan Battleground poll showing Bush ahead nationwide.
The Washington Post ignored the polls showing Bush leading but featured a David Broder story crowing that "Republican Ohio Could Swing to Gore."
The New York Times merely linked to the AP story highlighting the Arizona poll.
CNN had an article on its own poll but not on the ones showing Bush ahead.
CBS News, in its "PollWatch," had nothing more recent than a Sept. 12 poll showing Gore ahead.
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What's really interesting is not that Bush or Gore is ahead. What's interesting is the total news blackout by the institutional media. They may have been able to pull that stunt off 5 or more years ago, but now there is simply too much access to information via internet for such omissions to be excused. The media are paticipants and the sooner arena combatants treat them as such, the better everyone else will be.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater--1964
NewsMax.com
Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000
George W. Bush is gaining over Al Gore in polls released Tuesday. And once again the leftist media establishment has glossed over or ignored the polls showing Bush ahead.
Bipartisan Poll: Bush Ahead by Four Points
Texas Gov. Bush has a four-point lead over Vice President Gore, according to the latest Voter.com Battleground 2000 poll.
The survey, of 1,000 likely voters, is based on four days of polling between Sept. 12 and Monday. It is the latest in a series of daily tracking polls conducted by Democrat Celinda Lake and Republican Ed Goeas. The margin of error is 3.1 percent.
When asked to choose among the leading four presidential candidates, Bush's narrow lead over Gore widened from a two-point lead early last week to a four-point lead (41 percent to 37 percent).
Green Party's Ralph Nader was favored by 4 percent of those polled; Reform Party's Pat Buchanan was supported by 1 percent.
Gore Suffers Gender Gap
The poll showed that Bush's numbers were holding steady or rising in major categories, including male and female voters, while Gore's were slipping.
Among male voters, Bush's support has risen from 44 percent in a poll released Sept. 10 to 47 percent in the poll released Tuesday. In the same period, Gore's support among men declined from 36 percent to 32 percent.
Despite recent attempts to woo female voters, Gore's support has dipped among female voters, from 45 percent in the poll released Sept. 10 to 42 percent in the poll released Tuesday. Support for Bush has held steady at 36 percent.
Portrait of America: Bush Gains
Also released Tuesday, Portrait of America's polling between Saturday and Monday shows Republican Bush with 44 percent and Democrat Gore with 41.3 percent.
Gore had held a slim 1.2 percent lead over Bush the previous week, but the Republican nominee has since reversed that trend.
The survey, conducted by Rasmussen Research, indicated a slight gain in support for Nader, who rose to 3.4 percent from 2.9 percent a week ago.
Buchanan's support fell to 1.1 percent from 1.6 percent last week.
The GOP and Democrat contenders scored almost equally in how voters feel about them. Both men had an unfavorable rating of 41 percent, while Bush had a slightly higher favorable rating than Gore, besting the vice president 47 percent to 46 percent.
"Al Gore also succeeded in altering the public perception of George W. Bush a bit. The GOP contender is now seen as slightly more conservative than he was before the conventions," says POA's Web site.
The perception of liberal versus conservative could help the Bush campaign, CNSNews reported Tuesday.
The Rasmussen Research data show that 49 percent of the respondents described themselves as "very conservative" or "somewhat conservative," while only 16 percent considered themselves "very liberal" or "somewhat liberal."
The survey of 2,250 likely voters has a margin of error of 2.1 percent, according to Rasmussen.
CNN-USA Today-Gallup
The latest CNN-USA Today-Gallup tracking poll, of only 697 likely voters, was also released Tuesday. It showed Gore at 48 percent and Bush at 44 percent but with an error margin of four percentage points.
Why Do Media Downplay Bush's Poll Gains?
As NewsMax.com has noted recently, the mainstream liberal news media have repeatedly ignored or minimized Bush's poll successes while playing up Gore's poll successes.
The same proved true yet again in a check of Web sites Tuesday:
An Associated Press roundup of poll news led with a poll showing Gore ahead in Arizona and buried the big news, the bipartisan Battleground poll showing Bush ahead nationwide.
The Washington Post ignored the polls showing Bush leading but featured a David Broder story crowing that "Republican Ohio Could Swing to Gore."
The New York Times merely linked to the AP story highlighting the Arizona poll.
CNN had an article on its own poll but not on the ones showing Bush ahead.
CBS News, in its "PollWatch," had nothing more recent than a Sept. 12 poll showing Gore ahead.
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What's really interesting is not that Bush or Gore is ahead. What's interesting is the total news blackout by the institutional media. They may have been able to pull that stunt off 5 or more years ago, but now there is simply too much access to information via internet for such omissions to be excused. The media are paticipants and the sooner arena combatants treat them as such, the better everyone else will be.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater--1964