(10-19-00) Tracking poll: Bush may be expanding lead over Gore (50% to 40%)

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[Chet 99]

Tracking poll: Bush may be expanding lead over Gore

By CNN Polling Director Keating Holland

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Texas Gov. George W. Bush may be expanding his narrow lead over Vice President Al Gore in the hard-fought presidential race, according to Friday's CNN/USA Today/Gallup tracking poll. Friday's results indicate Bush garnering 50 percent and Gore drawing 40 percent of likely voters' suppor

[Chet 99]

For those who say it is impossible for leads to change in the final weeks.

[Illinois Rep]

so where is our DUI story on Obama? You think anything like that is out there? Will Drudge flash the red and blue light on the birth certificate story? The Odinga thing?

[Always Right]

I think the drunk driving October surprise accounted for about 5 of those points.

[Krankor]

Ironically, even though Buchanan was showing 0% nationally, the very fact he was on the ballot cost Gore the election. Hee hee hee.

[VU4G10]

Chet 99
Since Aug 22, 2008

[Evil Slayer]

We may see something that will surprise even both parties. Israel is getting real nervous right now.

[snarkytart]

Please Chet99 is a good FReeper.
He’s not a troll.

[2ndDivisionVet]

We have a dozen things MUCH WORSE than the DUI story, but unlike the dems in 2000, we have no media to report them for us.

[rom]

I don’t think we need an October Surprise at this point if we can keep hammering: “Spread the Wealth” around. Polls are already recording movement towards McCain.

[Styria]

Polls have been “recording movement” every day towards McCain, but they seem to be keeping the same numbers to me.

[Illinois Rep]

I’ve said it before...the MSM reports whatever John McCain is talking about. Ayers was NEVER mentioned in the MSM until Sarah Palin said Obama was palling around with terrorists.....McCain needs to dig deep and grow the suspicion around Obama into a pandemic.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Yes Chet99 has been posting excellent reality checks on past polls poor predictive performance. And those were “regular” elections.

This one has so many new strange dynamics the pollsters will be in for a real shock election day.

[hflynn]

Chet99 may not be a troll but he or he is definitely droll.

[Signalman]

It was actually Nader who cost Gore the election. Nader took more than enough votes away from Gore in FL to give the state to Bush and which gave bush the 500 votes to win the state.

[rom]

Huh? Have you seen how Gallup has closed dramatically (McCain down 2 in the traditional Likely Voter poll) and Zogby is McCain down less than (2.7% IIRC).

The only one not recording this sort of movement is Rasmussen. Who, once again adjusted the party mix to record MORE Democrats than Republicans since his last survey.

[Krankor]

It was actually Nader who cost Gore the election. Nader took more than enough votes away from Gore in FL to give the state to Bush and which gave bush the 500 votes to win the state.
Nope, it was the 3,407 people who "voted" for Buchanan in Palm Beach County who gave Bush his victory.

[tanknetter]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Texas Gov. George W. Bush may be expanding his narrow lead over Vice President Al Gore in the hard-fought presidential race, according to Friday's CNN/USA Today/Gallup tracking poll. Friday's results indicate Bush garnering 50 percent and Gore drawing 40 percent of likely voters' suppor

Huh? A 10 point difference is a "narrow lead"?!?

For how many weeks now have we been told by the MSM that with an 8-10 point lead Obama was literally skipping his way to victory?

This one is definitely a keeper.

[Boiling Pots]

Why isn’t anyone seizing on the Odinga story?

[Boiling Pots]

Why do you think you’re better than Chet 99?

Do you really think you’re “outing” him?

Nice tactics.