If polls suck on Oct 31, take heart--

[Mike L]

From CNN on 11-5-00 (election was on 11-7-00)

POLL OF POLLS

Bush Gore


CNN/USA Today/Gallup 48% 43%

ABC News 49 45

Washington Post 48 46

NBC/Wall St. Journal 47 44

CBS News 46 44

MSNBC/Reuters/Zogby 46 44


(no sampling error)

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/05/tracking.poll/index.html


There was also a Gallup poll posted on 10-27-00 on CNN that showed the race Bush 52%, Gore 39%.

http://edition.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/27/tracking.poll/

[A-Schwarzenegger]

1. Zogby's last poll had Gore by 1. n/t

[ryban]

2. John Zogby quote from Inc. Mag

"In polling, you need to ask the kinds of questions that will determine what is important to people. In 2000, we were polling 10 states and the nation as a whole for Reuters and NBC. Whenever Gore would go up in the national, he'd go down in the battleground states. Same with Bush. Tim Russert asked me, "How can this be?" I had headquarters add a new question to the poll: You live in the Land of Oz. There is an election for mayor between the Tin Man, who has all brains and no heart, and the Scarecrow, who is all heart and no brains. The next day, Gore and Bush were almost tied. But, more importantly, the Tin Man and Scarecrow were tied, 46.2 to 46.2. That told me everything."

http://www.inc.com/magazine/20040601/howididit.html

[Mike L]

3. Someone asked tonight.