Reply #14: No, it doesn't. Polls in 2000 showed Bush clearly ahead, Gore catching up

[Bucky]

Gore performed better in the vote than the polls showed in 2000. He was about 2-3% down by most polls, yet took a plurality by 0.5% that year. A similar mismatch between expectations and results can be hand waved away by Bush loyalists who will run the elections in Florida, Ohio, and a couple of other swing states.