Gore in Statistical Dead Heat with Bush: New Poll!

[Tennessee Gal]

Draft Gore: Gore in Statistical Dead Heat with Bush, Leads All Democrats in Zogby/Draft Gore Poll

OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- For the first time since the 2000 elections, a major poll shows the country split evenly between former Vice President Al Gore and President Bush. The same poll also shows that half the voters in America have not forgotten the controversy of the 2000 election.

The results of the Sept. 5-9 Zogby poll show Bush with less than majority support and only with the narrowest of margins over Al Gore, 48 percent to 46 percent -- a difference that's within the poll's margin of error (3.2 percent). Moreover, Gore leads Bush among independent voters by 47 percent to 43 percent.

"More than two and a half years after the 2000 election and we are back where we started," said pollster John Zogby. "The country was evenly divided then and it is still evenly divided."

The poll, conducted on Sept. 5-9 by Zogby International for Draft Gore (draftgore.com), also shows Gore easily leading all major contenders for the Democratic nomination with 24 percent less than compared to 16 percent for Dean, 12 percent for Lieberman, 11 percent for Kerry, 7 percent for Gephardt, and 2 percent for Edwards.

"These results are stunning, considering that Al Gore is the only potential candidate who1s been out of the limelight since last December," says Draft Gore Chair Monica Friedlander. "The strength of support and staying power Gore enjoys clearly indicate that he has an excellent chance of beating George Bush in 2004. We're confident that results such as these will persuade Vice President Gore to enter the race and lead the Democratic Party to victory in 2004."

None of the other Democratic contenders could hold Bush to less than 50 percent in a similar Zogby poll conducted one week ago. Howard Dean, Gore's closest competitor and widely considered the frontrunner among declared candidates, lagged 10 points behind Bush (42 percent to 52 percent).

"Gore is clearly the most electable candidate," says Bill McCormack of Draft Gore. "What's the 2004 election about if not winning? Four years ago at this time Bush held a lead of more than 10 points over Gore, and Gore still won the popular vote in 2000. Now they start even, and the undecided vote tends to break in favor of the challenger. Gore is in a perfect position for 2004."

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=136-09112003

[w4rma]

1. Vice President Gore is "Unamed Democrat"!

He is who folks think of when they are polled as to whether they will vote for Bush or "Unamed Democrat".

I'm being serious. I think that Gore is the generic Democrat that folks think of when there is a Bush v. "unamed Democrat" poll. I'm thinking this because the poll numbers seem to trend similar to this one with Gore named as the Democratic nominee.

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Fascinating stuff

I wish he were running.

[goobergunch]

3. IMHO this is name recognition.

And I don't feel like engaging in another flame war like in the GD thread.

[Tennessee Gal]

4. Yeah, name recognition.

Couldn't be that Americans voted for him in 2000 and want to vote for him again, could it? Nah!

[LuminousX]

5. too bad he isn't running

nt

[Tennessee Gal]

6. Did you notice Draft Gore?

Draft Gore!

http://www.draftgore.com/

[LuminousX]

9. I noticed

That doesn't change the fact that he isn't running. I don't like 'draft' movements. Either someone wants to run or doesn't.

[WWWFlorida]

10. Re-elect Gore 2004!!

Al Gore will become our next president whether he runs or not..
To those who disagree are due to looking hard to the alternative
options in which will not pan out to strong positions in national
polls.. We only hear about the "state polls" vs the "national polls",
one candidate may do well in a few states but how will they stack up in the national view??

It is time to get realistic and vote the will of the people, AL GORE ALL THE WAY.. There are some people who still believe in loyalty, strength and good sound principles... More people will see this and
many have already, just look at the numbers... And this is without
him being in the media day in and day out...

We should all be able to agree as Dems that the only reason Bush is even on the polls in any substantiation is due to his IN YOUR FACE EVERYDAY OF YOUR LIFE approach.. Looks to me that he is relying on "name recognition" to me.. :)

-Sonja

[mbee]

11. Al Gore must run all the evil ones out of the

White House. What a happy day that will be!

[genius]

7. So is he going to jump in?

As far as I can tell, he doesn't want to run.

[AWD]

8. What part of...

What part of "I'm not running, but will endorse another Democrat soon" don't you understand???

[Nashyra]

12. My personal opinion is that Gore declared he was not

running to early. Once the Repugs knew he was not running they thought they could get away with anything. I thinj Clark will throw a giant monkey wrench in the mix for Rove. My fantasy is to see a Gore/Clark team go after * and do alot of I Told You So. God Gore could reiterate everything he said when he won in 2000 and let the voters give him a "chance" since * f*&^%$ up so bad. Oh well just a dream, but Clark could be a reality