Four years ago, on October 27, 2000, a mere week and a half before the election, CNN said that polls from six major news sources -- CNN, USA Today, Gallup, ABC News and the Washington Post -- all found that George W. Bush was ahead in the popular vote. Some polls said Bush was substantially ahead.
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush holds a 49-to-43 percent edge over Democratic rival Al Gore in the latest CNN/Time poll, conducted Wednesday and Thursday.
The poll of 2,060 adult Americans, including 1,076 likely voters, has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points and is thus in essential agreement with a CNN/USA Today/Gallup tracking poll also released Friday. That poll gives Bush a 52 percent [to] 39 percent edge over Gore. More important, both polls show the same snapshot of the current state of the presidential campaign: a solid advantage for Bush.
ABC News and The Washington Post both have daily tracking polls today putting the race at 48 percent for Bush and 45 percent for Gore." [at: http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/27/cnntime.poll/index.html