Poll Shows Bush Would Beat Gore

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[chance33_98]

Poll Shows Bush Would Beat Gore
More Than 1,000 Registered Voters Polled
Posted: 12:54 p.m. EST November 13, 2002

HAMDEN, Conn. -- President George W. Bush would lead former Vice President Al Gore by double digits in a hypothetical rematch of the 2000 election, a poll Wednesday showed.

Bush was favored over Gore, 53 percent to 41 percent, with 6 percent choosing someone else or saying they did not know who to support, the poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute showed.

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Gore was the top choice for the Democratic nominee, Democrats who were polled said. About 32 percent favored Gore, followed by 22 percent for New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, 11 percent for Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and 8 percent each for Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt.

Bush would also be favored over other potential Democratic candidates: 55 percent to 38 percent over Clinton and 54 percent to 37 percent over Lieberman.

Also, the poll showed support for Vice President Dick Cheney staying in if Bush gets a second term. If Cheney goes, 63 percent said Bush should replace him with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Bush got a 62 percent approval rating, with 93 percent of Republicans, 38 percent of Democrats and 65 percent of independents saying they liked the job he is doing. In a February Quinnipiac poll, Bush's approval rating was 76 percent.

The majority of people who were polled said the economy should be a higher priority for the country than war with Iraq. About 70 percent of those polled said the economy is "poor" or "not so good."

Quinnipiac polled 1,069 registered voters nationwide by telephone from Nov. 7 to 11. The poll has a survey error margin of about 3 percentage points.

[ScottinSacto]

FReePoll Shows Bush Should Beat Gore

The only question is, with what?

LOL!

[chance33_98]

Look, I don't think its his fault however, he better appear to be doing more about the economy.

Any suggestions?

[Paul Atreides]

He was in The Wizard of Oz. He got snippy with Dorothy, for picking apples off of his branches.

[HitmanLV]

I should hope so! Surely, the country has lost ALL leave of its senses.

The article could be titled "41% of Americans are Brain Dead."

[The_Victor]

Oh... this guy

[chance33_98]

Is that Monica in that light blue dress?

[chance33_98]

Well said.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

Duh!

[BobFromNJ]

You are so right --add 10% might even be closer considering who runs this "poll"

[AmishDude]

Yep. Quinnipiac skews 3-5% liberal on every candidate preference poll and 10% on meaningless cultural issues, so split the difference -- 7.5%.

[BobFromNJ]

Bump---Agreed!

[John Lenin]

Bush will beat Saddam too.

[Bommer]

Please! My dead dog could beat Gore by 7 points!

[TankerKC]

Poll Shows Bush Would Beat Gore

I DEMAND a recount!

[JoeMomma]

Good news for Bushbots, but it's not a time to get complacent. Poppa Bush saw better approval ratings and re-elect numbers, and went on to get defeated two years later.

If Iraq and the war on terror go off the radar by 2004 and the economy is in the dump, Bush could have a rough re-election fight.

I voted for Bush two years ago, but I'll be looking for a real conservative in '04. I'm tired of GOP lip service on social issues. They talk and talk ... and that's about it.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

You don't say!

[Jerry W. Howard]

Except for a reference to "the mommy party" and "the daddy party," by Peggy Noonan, I have not seen any comment on what I think was a very big factor in the psychology of the recent election:

Many, perhaps most, voters had the question in their mind -
perhaps suppressed by some Dems, but there nonetheless - "My G-D! What kind of mess would this country be in after 9-11 if Al Gore (or any other Democrat for that matter) were in charge?" For many the question was also, "Why should I vote for a congressman/governor/etc that will work to elect such a person in the future?"

It can't have escaped notice, even by the wackos on "Democratic Underground" that if the Democrats had not lost the senate and house the other day Saddam would almost certainly not have accepted the Bush (the hell with
the pretense that it was the UN) ultimatum.

[cubreporter]

Bring it on then. I'll have my VCR up and running ready for tapes to record the second loss for Gore.

[hsmomx3]

Gore is the most selfish loser I have ever seen. When I saw a newsclip of him campaigning for KKT, I thought he looked like a madman. So glad he does not have the codes and am even more thankful that he is not our president. He is really obessesed with his loss. How many times has he ran for Pres.? It's time for him to go.