Bradley in Virtual Tie with Gore in NH (posted September 5, 1999)

Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley is virtually tied with Vice President Al Gore in New Hampshire, according to the latest Boston Globe/WBZ-TV poll. Forty percent of likely primary voters indicate they favor Gore, while 36 percent say they support Bradley, a gap that is within the poll's five percentage point margin of error. The poll of 800 likely voters was undertaken August 27 to 31, 1999 by KRC Communications Research.

On the Republican side, Texas Governor George W. Bush draws the support of 44 percent, followed by Elizabeth Dole at 14 percent, John McCain at 12 percent, Steve Forbes at 7 percent, Patrick Buchanan and Dan Quayle at 4 percent each, and Gary Bauer at 3 percent.

Sixty-five percent rate Gore favorably, compared to 66 percent for Bradley and 73 percent for Bush. But ominously for the vice president, 39 percent of voters indicate it is time for a change in government officials. Gore earns more support among women, while Bradley does better with men.

Seventy-three percent indicate that their impressions of a candidate wouldn't be influenced if he had used cocaine 25 years ago.