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...Both men are spending and stumping in crucial states they expected to be able to ignore by now. Gore is still playing defense in California, Bush in Florida. Gore has Nader gnawing on his left flank in the Northwest and Midwest battlegrounds; Bush is struggling with a gender gap and a slight undecideds problem. Each is trying to lure a constituency to the polls - Gore the poor, Bush the young - that has never bothered to show up before...
...sober protests did not drown out another political group in the Square. Just off to the side, six Ralph Nader supporters clad in green handed out bumper stickers and pins in support of their candidate...
...some electors have gone their own way. In 1976 a Republican Washington State elector cast a ballot for Ronald Reagan even though Gerald Ford was the G.O.P. nominee. Only a handful of electors have strayed. But in a tie race, it would take only one elector voting for Ralph Nader or his Aunt Edna to throw the whole thing off. To be sure, since electors are chosen by their parties, they're usually loyal. But only a few states require a pledge from electors. And that rule has never been tested; no elector has ever been prosecuted for breaking...
...your responsibility, your choice. If the mainstream news channels aren't addressing the issues that might help you make up your mind, write or call the campaign headquarters. Investigate the candidates' records on your own. Dig a bit deeper for whatever truth you're looking for. Vote for Nader or Buchanan. Just make up your mind...
...plenty of votes up for grabs out there. And if Gore wants to pick up a few extra ballots, he's got to walk the straight and narrow, studiously avoiding charges of exaggeration. He needs to woo the 5 percent of Americans who plan to vote for Ralph Nader - a 5 percent that could definitively tip the election Gore's way. Heading into the homestretch, the vice president can also take a calculated risk: He can capitalize on Bush's misstatements regarding bills on hate crimes and health care in Texas, as long as he's willing to bet voters...