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Thursday, November 2, 2000
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Gore Campaign Struggling; Independent Pollster: Lack Of Enthusiasm For Gore Should Scare Democrats To Death
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“Supporters” going to campaign events to see celebrities; Tennesseans don’t trust him
Democrats are trying to “manufacture excitement”…
“Yet the Democrats' worries about intensity have left the Gore campaign to try to manufacture excitement by sending big-name entertainers and Democratic luminaries to rallies to attract crowds and publicity. ‘We're obviously trying to create a frenzy of excitement and activity going into this last weekend going into these target states," said Michael Whouley, Mr. Gore's top strategist at the Democratic National Committee. ‘We're saturating these markets with surrogates. We have to create a sense of excitement.’ …Here in this city west of Milwaukee, the Gore campaign attracted thousands of people to a rally on Monday night. In fact, many in the audience -- even those excitedly waving green ‘Gore Country’ placards -- were not there for the vice president but for the opening act, the rock star Jon Bon Jovi, who introduced "the next president of the United States.’…
“‘I wanted to see Bon Jovi,’ said Josh Gresl, 21, a clerk in an antiques store. ‘I wish Bon Jovi was running for president. Unfortunately, it is Gore.’ …A survey released by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press on Wednesday found that nearly two-thirds of Bush voters said they strongly supported him, while just over half of the Gore backers strongly supported their candidate. The poll also concluded that a significant portion of Democrats were downright demoralized. …‘Democrats should be scared to death that they cannot win the ground war the way they did in '98 because of Democrats' lack of enthusiasm about Gore,’ said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center.” “Republicans Claim an Edge: A Will to Win,” By Richard L. Berke, New York Times, 11/02/00
Tennesseans don’t trust Al Gore…
“A new poll released today shows Vice President Al Gore ahead of Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the presidential race by almost 2 percentage points among Tennessee voters.
The News-Sentinel poll, completed by Multi-Quest Inc. on Monday, also found the most common reason given by Tennesseans for backing Bush is a lack of trust in Gore -- a theme of much Republican advertising and rhetoric.” “Undecided voters key in Tennessee,” Tom Humphrey, Knoxville News-Sentinel, 11/02/00
Voters feel they are being taken for granted…
“Horton's sentiments were echoed by Sales. Sales recalled how President Clinton made well-planned visits to black Miami ‘that spread through the community like wildfire.’ Gore has spoken in African-American churches elsewhere, but with the likes of New York congressman Charles Rangel openly questioning last week whether the black vote was being taken for granted, the Gore campaign has turned to Clinton to energize African-American leaders and go to black churches…’It seems like Gore's whole deal is with the middle class as opposed to poor people,’ Sales said. ‘He has not endeared himself to the masses. Maybe he does not want to be too visible in the black community and sends Jesse Jackson to talk to us.’” “Will Blacks Save Gore in Florida?,” The Boston Globe, 11/01/00
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