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...After watching the first two debates, I was just more confused," said Greg, 40, an insurance agent who is a registered Democrat but a fairly conservative guy, especially since daughters Emily, 3, and Leah, seven months, came along. "I was leaning Bush in the beginning, but I've been back and forth ever since...
...unpolished it's hard to imagine, the other so shiny it hurts to look. Vice President Al Gore runs as a populist who doesn't talk much about the poor; George W. Bush, backed by more GOP fat cats than any other Republican in memory, delivers "the best New Democrat speech ever given in prime time," says a former Clinton adviser...
Hard numbers from respected pollsters are showing Gore in trouble in Minnesota, a Democratic mainstay in seven of the past eight elections, and Even in states that seem a total given, like Massachusetts or Texas, the Gore vs. Bush percentages will matter, in a media environment as data-hungry as this one, a strong Gore showing in Texas might help sway a late-deciding voter in Washington that Democratic is the way to go. The closeness of the House and Senate balance has also received only undercard status this year--a good Democrat turnout could dramatically change the balance...
...about 90,000 middle-class folk who work close to home - mainly in the car business - and rarely find a reason to make the half hour's drive east across suburban Wayne County to Detroit. I originally went to Westland because it's the land of the Reagan Democrat and in 1996 its 55,000 registered voters mirrored the statewide presidential vote. How Westland went was how Michigan went - and this year Michigan is crucial...
...rights. They are voting for Bush. OK, that's not surprising. But look at these numbers: In the state of Michigan, as of an October 25 statewide poll, those who own a gun or rifle and are members of the NRA identify themselves as 44 percent Republican, 27 percent Democrat and 24 percent independent. But those same people are voting 59 percent for Bush and 27 percent for Gore. Bush has picked up more than half of the independent gun-owner vote. Among all gun owners in Michigan - NRA members or not - 41 percent declare themselves Republican, 29 percent Democrat...