On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 07:31:46 -0500, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
wrote:
>
> [from Sam Smith's Progressive Review]
>
> JUST POLITICS
>
> In a poll conducted by Zogby International and E Vote, less than half of the
> voters that supported Al Gore in 2000 have a favorable opinion of a Gore run
> in 2004. The showed that only 48% of Gore voters would support Al Gore in
> 2004. Interestingly, only among voters under 25, however, does Gore get high
> marks: 56% have a favorable opinion, which drops to under 30% for every
> other age group. Gore also does far better with those who have less than a
> high school education. But no other leading Democratic candidate did any
> better - in fact, all other candidates polled at 10% and below, including
> Senator Joseph Lieberman, Al Gore's running mate in 2000. The poll also
> showed some interesting strengths for a possible run by Dick Gephardt, the
> current House Minority Leader. Gephardt easily out-distanced Joe Lieberman
> and garnered the second-highest amount of support among voters that swung to
> Ralph Nader and the Green Party in 2000. This is a key group for Democrats
> in 2004. In addition, Gephardt also had a strong lead over Lieberman among
> self-described liberals - a core Democratic Party group, and one essential
> to winning early primary victories in 2004 to secure the Democratic
> nomination. And Gephardt also edged out Lieberman among independent voters -
> another key group needed in both the primary and general election campaigns.
>
> MORE http://www.evote.com
these kinds of polls are notoriously unreliable. you can read into them whatever you want. most people aren't even thinking about 2004, and while the poll respondent can weigh gore against a mythical or favored democratic candidate, primary voters can't...
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