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Nader will again call for the bipartisan CPD to allow him into the commission's three scheduled debates. The commission currently requires that candidates be winning at least 15 percent those surveyed in a number of national polls. Only Vice President Al Gore '69 and Texas Gov. George W. Bush meet those criteria. Nader has consistently polled in the single digits and is now at three percent, according to a Zogby poll released Monday...
However, not only does boxing India foster ill-informed government policy decision, it also fosters ill-informed electoral decisions as well. According to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, 54 percent of Americans claim that foreign affairs will be very important to them in the November presidential elections. Yet, 37 percent of Americans admit that they haven't heard enough to accurately evaluate the true status of Indo-American relations. Consequently when Americans hit the polls in 41 days, they will be doing so without the knowledge necessary to make an informed decision about U.S. policy with what will...
...issue seems to be working for Bush; after a solidly on-message week, a Wednesday CNN/USA Today/Gallup tracking poll has him holding on to a slight lead of two points over Gore. The Texas governor has evidently decided to look a supposed liability - being labeled as the candidate of Big Oil - square in the eye and try to turn it into a virtue...
Newsweek has been the most blatantly inaccurate, giving Gore six to 10 percent post-convention leads in August and early September, then taking several pages to explain why he's so popular. Three things should make people question the credibility of these polls. First, the results of these polls have generally shown more support for Gore than most others, including Reuters, Gallup, and the Battleground poll. Second, the headlines are based solely on registered voters--a fact that might be easy to overlook, given that it took five or more paragraphs to discover. Third, Newsweek has lauded Gore with such...
...should point out one other detail. Seeing the same poll results each morning shouldn't reinforce people's beliefs about the strength of a candidate's lead. It turns out that the most cited polls, those coming out each day from Voter.com and Gallup, are rolling surveys. They represent three to four day trends. When a new poll comes out, it's actually 67 to 75 percent an old poll. So, not surprisingly, the polls don't change much...