No, Dubya was not way ahead. He led slightly in the summer. Both candidates received bumps from their respective conventions, but the race remained close throughout. Gore did close toward the end, compliments of the DWI story, thereby tilting many swing states to him and turning a potential large electoral victory into a squeaker.
We'll never know the true impact of the bogus Florida call on Dubya's final popular vote count.
The one about Davis and Condit in S&M orgies...........no wait....California..........nope.....better keep that quiet........could help Davis....... :>)
. . . and probably knocked off Ashcroft's reelection bid . . .We'll never know the true impact of the bogus Florida call on Dubya's final popular vote count.
No, we won't. But considering that exit polling is very questionable legally because of the secret-ballot laws, I would like to think that FL would go whole hog and outright ban the practice in the state. That would put broadcasting out of the business of calling elections in real time, thus out of the business of influencing the outcome of the close election by calling the results based on Eastern Time Zone exit poll results.Broadcasters would hate it. But they richly deserve it.