Final Voter.com Battleground 2000 Projection: Bush 45, Gore 40 November 07, 2000 By Lowell Weiss Voter.com News (Voter.com, Nov. 7) – While the electoral vote remains too close to call, the final Voter.com Battleground 2000 tracking poll projects a five-point margin of victory for GOP nominee George W. Bush in the popular vote. Based on 500 telephone responses gathered Sunday and Monday nights, Republican pollster Ed Goeas and Democrat Celinda Lake predict that when all votes are tallied, Bush will end up with 50 percent, Democrat Al Gore with 45 percent, Reform Party nominee Ralph Nader with 3.5 percent, and ...