Flashback October 29, 2000: Bush maintains 7-point lead over Gore (Gallup)

[WI_DEM]

(and we all know that Gore won by 550,000 popular votes, and would have taken electoral vote if Florida had been counted):

Gov. George W. Bush continued to maintain an advantage over Democratic Vice President Al Gore in Sunday's CNN/USA Today/Gallup tracking poll.

Forty-nine percent of respondents said they supported Bush while 42 percent said they would vote for Gore, no change at all from Saturday's poll.

Support for Green Party candidate Ralph Nader and Reform Party candidate Patrick Buchanan also remained unchanged at 3 percent and 1 percent respectively.

The poll results are not predictions, but instead are merely snapshots of who likely voters currently favor.

In the past, the poll has shown Bush with at least 48 percent of support for five consecutive days, and Gore with no more than 43 percent during that same length of time.

That stability indicates that Bush has built a solid advantage over his rival in the post-debate phase of the campaign.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/29/tracking.poll/

[maseman]

1. Great find

People stress over polls. It will be very close. It is all about the GOTV campaign.