Taken from CNN.com on 10/27/2000:
CNN/Time poll: Bush holds edgeWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush holds a
49-to-43 percent edge over Democratic rival Al Gore in the latest CNN/Time poll, conducted Wednesday and Thursday.
The poll of 2,060 adult Americans, including 1,076 likely voters, has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points and is thus in essential agreement with a CNN/USA Today/Gallup tracking poll also released Friday. That poll gives Bush a 52 percent-39 percent edge over Gore. More important, both polls show the same snapshot of the current state of the presidential campaign: a solid advantage for Bush.
ABC News and The Washington Post both have daily tracking polls today putting the race at 48 percent for Bush and 45 percent for Gore. The latest Reuters/MSNBC/Zogby tracking poll has the contest at 45 percent for Gore and 43 percent for Bush.
Although Bush has an edge in the presidential race, that has not trickled down to the congressional level. Forty-six percent of likely voters would currently vote for the Democratic congressional candidate in their district; 45 percent would currently pick the GOP candidate. One reason may be that some portion of voters would prefer a divided government.
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http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/27/cnntime.poll/Don't you find if funny that W held a good lead just days before the election and Gore ended up winning the popular vote?