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Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004 9:55 a.m. EDT
2000 Final Polls All Wrong - Except Zogby
As we go down to the wire and watch the daily tracking polls, NewsMax thought we should take a look back at 2000 and review the "final" polls.
In almost every case save one, national polls had George W. Bush winning the popular vote.
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Which pollster had it right?
As Dick Morris summed up the 2000 polling fiasco, "All the polls were wrong except Zogby." [Editor's note: Get the Zogby tracking poll e-mailed to you each day - before the White House! Click Here]
Compare the final polls with the actual results below.
Actual Final Vote
Bush 47.87%
Gore 48.38%
Nader 2.74%
Final Polls
Zogby/Reuters Poll
Gore 48%
Bush 46%
Nader 4%
Gallup/USA Today/CNN
Bush 48%
Gore 46%
Nader 4%
Buchanan 1%
NBC/Wall Street Journal
Bush 47%
Gore 44%
Nader 3%
Buchanan 2%
Washington Post
Bush 48%
Gore 45%
Nader 3%
Battleground Poll
Bush 46%
Gore 41%
Nader 4%
Buchanan 1%
ABC News
Bush 48%
Gore 45%
Nader 3%
Buchanan 1%
CBS News
Bush 46%
Gore 42%
Nader 5%
Buchanan 1%
Rasmussen
Bush 49%
Gore 40%
Nader 4%
Pew Research
Bush 45%
Gore 43%
Nader 4%
ICR Poll
Bush 46%
Gore 44%
Nader 7%
Buchanan 2%
Investor’s Business Daily/TIPP
Bush 48%
Gore 42%
Nader 3%
Buchanan 1%
Editor's note:
Get the 2004 Bush vs. Kerry Poll Numbers before the White House! Click Here
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
2004 Elections
Presidential Race 2000
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