More Bush 2000 voters are defecting than Gore 2000 voters

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http://fedupdem.mydd.com/story/2004/9/8/184717/1367

From this site:

I posted this poll over in the "The World Likes Kerry" thread...but they asked a question of American voters I haven't seen much in other polls: Are you going to vote differently this time than last?

They asked (in two seperate polls, one in July, one in August)people who voted for Bush (and Gore) in 2000 who they would vote this time.

In July, 10% of Bush 2000 voters said they will vote for Kerry, and 14% were unsure. Just 4% of Gore voters in July said they will vote for Bush this time, with 10% unsure.

In August, 14% of Bush 2000 voters said they will vote for Kerry, with 12% unsure. 5% of Gore voters in August said they were voting for Bush this time, with 9% unsure.

So, in the August poll, only 74% of Bush 2000 voters are certain to do so again-while 86% of Gore voters are positive about going with Kerry.

I have always believed that there were Bush voters who changed thier minds, but very few who went the other way. This proves this theory, at least in my mind.

http://fedupdem.mydd.com/story/2004/9/8/184717/1367

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1. I used to think that but I'm not so sure any more...

I don't think there are many mass defections of Gore to Bush voters but I think there are enough. And I don't think Bush got so many excess votes in 2000 that the number of people who are willing to admit that they fucked up is as high as we want to believe it is.

I think overall some demographics have shifted (He may have peeled off some jewish voters, we'll get more of his Muslim vote, etc.) but I don't think any one group with so much force that it's going to be any less close or any less polarized than in 2000.

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2. Bet that makes Gore feel good..I know it

does me. It's a referendum on bush's presidency(sic)..if bush had been doing the job he says he has then more Gore voters would be voting for bush this time!