First poll I've seen with Gored on top. If Zogby confirms, I'm going to start getting real worried:
http://www.iwon.com/home/news/news_article/0,11746,37220|top|08-19-2000::23:51|reuters,00.html
Gore Travels Down
Mississippi, Tops
Newsweek Poll
August 19, 2000 9:51 pm EST
By Thomas Ferraro
BELLEVUE, Iowa (Reuters) -
Democratic presidential
nominee Al Gore stuck to specifics on
Saturday as he traveled through America's
heartland on the Mississippi River buoyed by
a new poll suddenly showing him leading in
the race for the White House.
Gore pushed his election-year agenda at
riverside rallies on matters from health care
to education as aides buzzed about a
Newsweek survey that showed the vice
president erasing Republican George W.
Bush's double-digit lead in recent days.
Shortly after the new numbers were
released, Gore made his first visit to the
newsroom aboard his campaign river boat in
two days and said, "I really don't think polls
matter."
"People are now just beginning to pay close
attention to the election," he said, adding
with a grin, "I'm beginning to think that the
polls have a little more relevancy as we get
closer to the election."
The Newsweek poll, released on Saturday,
showed that Gore, who had been trailing
Bush by double-digit margins in a number of
surveys less than two weeks ago, got a big
bounce out of the Democratic National
Convention, which concluded on Thursday
night in Los Angeles.
The survey of 806 registered voters, with a
margin of error of plus or minus four
percentage points, showed Gore winning the
support of 52 percent of respondents
against Bush's 44 percent in a two-way
race. The poll was conducted before and
after Gore accepted the nomination with a
speech outlining his plans for the nation's
future.
In a hypothetical four-way race, Gore was
also ahead, by 48 percent to 42 percent,
with 3 percent for Green Party candidate
Ralph Nader and 1 percent for Reform Party
candidate Patrick Buchanan.
"CAUTIOUSLY EXHILARATED"
"Super," responded Greg Simon, a Gore
senior adviser, when told of the new
Newsweek numbers. "We are cautiously
exhilarated."
"We have always felt that once people get
to see Al Gore as our party's candidate and
listen to what he wants to do as president,
we'd be in good shape," Simon said. "As far
as we are concerned, the real campaign
began on Thursday night."
Bush spokesman Scott McClellan, asked
about the survey as the Republican nominee
campaigned in Las Cruces, New Mexico,
responded: "Like we've said all along, let's
see where things are around Labor Day. This
is to be expected after the (Democratic)
convention."
An overnight NBC poll of 500 registered
voters released early on Friday also had Gore
up, 46 percent to 43 percent, while a
Voter.com Battle Ground Poll of 1,000
voters, conducted on Wednesday and
Thursday, had Gore cutting Bush's lead to
five percentage points from 10 points the
day before.
Candidates traditionally get a big bounce
from their party's convention, just as Bush
and his running mate, Dick Cheney, did from
the Republican gala in Philadelphia.
But post-convention gains are often
short-lived, and both campaigns have
predicted a close Nov. 7 election.
Having essentially conceded he cannot
match Bush's charisma, Gore is pressing
voters to decide the election on the issues.
In his acceptance speech on Thursday
night, Gore got specific when he spelled out
what he would do if elected president. He
has stuck with that theme on the river.
At a rally in Bellevue, Iowa, that drew more
than half the community's 2,200 residents,
Gore said: "The presidency is not a
personality contest. It's a day-by-day fight
for real people with real challenges. I want
to fight for you."
The crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to Gore's
wife, Tipper, who turned 52 on Saturday.
She was presented with a bouquet of red
and white roses at the event.
At riverside rallies in the past few days, Gore
has spread the word about his agenda.
Georgette O'Brien, among scores of members
of the United Food and Commercial Workers
union who attended the rally on Saturday,
said: "Al Gore is starting to catch on.
"A week ago, a lot of people here today
wouldn't have bothered to show up. But
people are now starting to see him as
someone who can deliver."
Gore's running mate, Connecticut Sen.
Joseph Lieberman, the first Jew on a
major-party ticket, left the riverboat after
its stop in Genoa, Wisconsin, to observe the
Jewish Sabbath, which begins on Friday
evening. He was to return on Sunday, when
the boat stops in Moline, Illinois.
The four-day river trip will end on Monday in
Hannibal, Missouri, hometown of fabled
author Mark Twain.
http://www.iwon.com/home/news/news_article/0,11746,37220|top|08-19-2000::23:51|reuters,00.html
Gore Travels Down
Mississippi, Tops
Newsweek Poll
August 19, 2000 9:51 pm EST
By Thomas Ferraro
BELLEVUE, Iowa (Reuters) -
Democratic presidential
nominee Al Gore stuck to specifics on
Saturday as he traveled through America's
heartland on the Mississippi River buoyed by
a new poll suddenly showing him leading in
the race for the White House.
Gore pushed his election-year agenda at
riverside rallies on matters from health care
to education as aides buzzed about a
Newsweek survey that showed the vice
president erasing Republican George W.
Bush's double-digit lead in recent days.
Shortly after the new numbers were
released, Gore made his first visit to the
newsroom aboard his campaign river boat in
two days and said, "I really don't think polls
matter."
"People are now just beginning to pay close
attention to the election," he said, adding
with a grin, "I'm beginning to think that the
polls have a little more relevancy as we get
closer to the election."
The Newsweek poll, released on Saturday,
showed that Gore, who had been trailing
Bush by double-digit margins in a number of
surveys less than two weeks ago, got a big
bounce out of the Democratic National
Convention, which concluded on Thursday
night in Los Angeles.
The survey of 806 registered voters, with a
margin of error of plus or minus four
percentage points, showed Gore winning the
support of 52 percent of respondents
against Bush's 44 percent in a two-way
race. The poll was conducted before and
after Gore accepted the nomination with a
speech outlining his plans for the nation's
future.
In a hypothetical four-way race, Gore was
also ahead, by 48 percent to 42 percent,
with 3 percent for Green Party candidate
Ralph Nader and 1 percent for Reform Party
candidate Patrick Buchanan.
"CAUTIOUSLY EXHILARATED"
"Super," responded Greg Simon, a Gore
senior adviser, when told of the new
Newsweek numbers. "We are cautiously
exhilarated."
"We have always felt that once people get
to see Al Gore as our party's candidate and
listen to what he wants to do as president,
we'd be in good shape," Simon said. "As far
as we are concerned, the real campaign
began on Thursday night."
Bush spokesman Scott McClellan, asked
about the survey as the Republican nominee
campaigned in Las Cruces, New Mexico,
responded: "Like we've said all along, let's
see where things are around Labor Day. This
is to be expected after the (Democratic)
convention."
An overnight NBC poll of 500 registered
voters released early on Friday also had Gore
up, 46 percent to 43 percent, while a
Voter.com Battle Ground Poll of 1,000
voters, conducted on Wednesday and
Thursday, had Gore cutting Bush's lead to
five percentage points from 10 points the
day before.
Candidates traditionally get a big bounce
from their party's convention, just as Bush
and his running mate, Dick Cheney, did from
the Republican gala in Philadelphia.
But post-convention gains are often
short-lived, and both campaigns have
predicted a close Nov. 7 election.
Having essentially conceded he cannot
match Bush's charisma, Gore is pressing
voters to decide the election on the issues.
In his acceptance speech on Thursday
night, Gore got specific when he spelled out
what he would do if elected president. He
has stuck with that theme on the river.
At a rally in Bellevue, Iowa, that drew more
than half the community's 2,200 residents,
Gore said: "The presidency is not a
personality contest. It's a day-by-day fight
for real people with real challenges. I want
to fight for you."
The crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to Gore's
wife, Tipper, who turned 52 on Saturday.
She was presented with a bouquet of red
and white roses at the event.
At riverside rallies in the past few days, Gore
has spread the word about his agenda.
Georgette O'Brien, among scores of members
of the United Food and Commercial Workers
union who attended the rally on Saturday,
said: "Al Gore is starting to catch on.
"A week ago, a lot of people here today
wouldn't have bothered to show up. But
people are now starting to see him as
someone who can deliver."
Gore's running mate, Connecticut Sen.
Joseph Lieberman, the first Jew on a
major-party ticket, left the riverboat after
its stop in Genoa, Wisconsin, to observe the
Jewish Sabbath, which begins on Friday
evening. He was to return on Sunday, when
the boat stops in Moline, Illinois.
The four-day river trip will end on Monday in
Hannibal, Missouri, hometown of fabled
author Mark Twain.
