Polls - (yes polls) - Bush up in 2 new - first time

madison46

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in a while he has been up in CNN/Gallup. I really hate that Ophra and Regis can have this affect.

From NYT:

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 10:55 a.m. ET

Some results from two national tracking polls on the presidential race and from new state polls. When results don't total 100 percent, the remainder either didn't know or refused to answer.

If the presidential election were being held today and it included Al Gore and Joe Lieberman as the Democratic candidates, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as the Republican candidates, Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster as the Reform Party candidates and Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke as the Green Party candidates, who would you vote for?

NATIONAL

(CNN-USA Today-Gallup)

--Bush, 47 percent

--Gore, 46 percent

--Buchanan, 1 percent

--Nader, 1 percent

(Gore had an edge earlier but poll has narrowed within the error margin)

(Voter.com Battleground)

--Bush, 42 percent

--Gore, 41 percent

--Buchanan, 1 percent

--Nader, 2 percent

(Bush had an edge, but poll has narrowed within error margin)

STATES

Kentucky (two-way race)

--Bush, 51 percent

--Gore, 41 percent

(Some polls had shown Gore with an edge, but analysts felt this state has been leaning toward Bush)

New York

--Gore, 55 percent

--Bush, 32 percent

--Nader, 4 percent

--Buchanan, 1 percent

(Gore has been far ahead in New York since the conventions)

Wisconsin

--Gore, 43 percent

--Bush, 38 percent

--Nader, 4 percent

--Buchanan, 1 percent

(State has been close for months)

The CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll of 693 likely voters was taken Sept. 21-23 and has an error margin of 4 percentage points.

The Voter.com Battleground poll of 1,000 likely voters was taken Sept. 18-21 and has an error margin of 3 percentage points.

The Bluegrass State poll of 608 likely Kentucky voters was taken Sept. 18-21 by the Courier-Journal of Louisville and has an error margin of 4 percentage points.

The Marist poll of 480 likely New York voters was taken Sept. 19-20 and has an error margin of 4.5 percentage points.

The Wisconsin poll of 500 likely voters was taken Sept. 18-20 by Market Shares of Prospect, Ill., for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and WTMJ-TV and has an error margin of 4 percentage points.
 
Just a little quibble: "When results don't total 100 percent, the remainder either didn't know or refused to answer."

Or were going to vote for somebody else; There just happen to be more than four candidates in the race, (Browne, for instance.) and they didn't include a catch all "other" catagory. Sometimes, when a poll is incompetently worded, the only honest answer you CAN give is to refuse to answer.


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Neal Knox had a good point recently.
Gore's campaign TV wise seems to have backed off a good bit (especially when he dared come to TN) talking about the different
gun restictions he supports and as a result
he has been up in the polls for a bit.
Hmmm couldnt be coincidence could it.
Direct people to his website about he thinks
anyone wanting to buy a handgun should have to another $50 bucks for a license first (every plan for a license has included a $50.00 fee its up to $115.00 for a carry permit) then remind them how originally the NICS system which in a lot of area's charges them 10 bucks for the background check was originally only planned for handguns but now covers all guns.
So guess what that means for the handgun license.If its 'good' for one gun its good for ....
Anyone have his website off hand itd be nice to be able to refer those doughtful (can you say uneducated or TV taught )hunters to it.
www.saf.org www.ccops.org www.gunowners.org

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