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Polls Show Gore Still Trails Bush Before Convention
Two days before Monday's Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, four polls showed that Vice President Al Gore still trailed far behind Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush.
The four new public opinion polls showed Bush, the governor of Texas, leading Gore by between 9 and 14 percentage points. That was somewhat less than a week ago indicated Gore had reaped a modest boost from his choice of Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman to be his running mate.
The results of the polls were: CNN -- Bush 53 percent, Gore 39; CBS -- Bush 48, Gore 38; ABC -- Bush 52, Gore 43; Newsweek - Bush 48, Gore 38. The CNN poll was conducted among likely voters, the other three among registered voters.
Gore campaign chairman William Daley said the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles would help Gore erase the deficit. "We ought to wait until after the convention and see all of the polls," he said.
"What we have to do is watch this week, listen to what Joe Lieberman and Al Gore are talking about, listen to what the Democratic Party is putting out the specific plans on behalf of working families, and I think then you'll see a major shift," Daley told CNN.
Speaking at a fund-raising event Saturday in Los Angeles, President Bill Clinton gave an enthusiastic endorsement to the Gore-Lieberman ticket, saying they would continue the prosperity the country is now enjoying.
"This is the week that Al Gore and Joe Lieberman get to make their case to the American people the way their (Republican) counterparts did in Philadelphia," Clinton said. "I'll bet they'll be far more specific about what they're for, because we don't have to hide what we're for."
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