Election Roundup
With fewer than two weeks remaining before the big day, a remarkable volatility has emerged in some of the nation's most respected election polls. October 27th's CNN/USA Today/Gallup tracking poll shows that George W. Bush has gained a comfortable thirteen-point advantage over Al Gore, with the Texas Governor earning 52% and the Vice President holding on to 39%, while the 31st's showed a mere three point lead. The ten-point discrepancy between the two polls is greater than the combined margins of error, and indicates a significant amount of uncertainty among American voters. Occupying an intermediate position on the spectrum, the most recent Voter.com Battleground 2000 poll attributes 44% to Governor Bush and 39% to Vice President Gore, while the latest Reuters/MSNBC/Zogby survey gives Bush the lead over Gore by only three points. These polls could reflect more accurately the current status of the Presidential race. For now, the disparity among the polls has surely confounded the analysis of public opinion, and a concrete forecast of the November 7th election remains impossible.

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