Sat Nov 11 2000 14:19:57 ET TIME POLL: ONLY 27% SAY GORE SHOULD CONCEDE IMMEDIATELY

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PUBLIC SPLIT ON ISSUE OF FRAUD IN FLORIDA; ALSO SPLIT ON WHETHER PEOPLE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD VOTE OVER AGAIN (50% Yes vs. 47% No)

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69% Say Bush Will Be President; 52% Say Gore Would Have Won if Nader Didn't Run

New York -- Only about a quarter of Americans surveyed (27%) believe that Vice President Al Gore should concede immediately; another 27% say he should concede if he loses in the official vote count which Florida is expected to release next week, according to the latest TIME/CNN poll. Four-in-ten (39%) say Gore should wait for any court decisions on contested ballots in Florida. Poll results will appear in TIME's special double issue on newsstands Monday, November 13th.

The American public thinks there were serious problems with the voting in Florida but are split on whether there was any fraud in the Sunshine State's voting procedures (27% say very likely; 24% somewhat likely; 21% not very likely). Americans are also split on whether a new election should be held in Palm Beach county (50% say yes, 47% say no), but most reject the notion of holding a new election throughout the state of Florida (66%) or nationwide (76%).

More than half of those surveyed (54%) also believe the Bush campaign should not ask for recounts in other states. Six-in-ten (59%) Americans think both campaigns have acted responsibly so far.

Sixty-nine percent of all Americans -- and a majority of Gore voters -- think Bush will be the next President of the United States. However, if he is elected President, 29% say he will have been elected by accident (vs. 65% who don't feel that way). Regardless of the vote, Americans were split on who would make a better President, Bush or Gore (44% vs. 44%).

How does the public react to the possibility that Bush may win in the Electoral College and lose the popular vote? Fifty-nine percent say that would be a legitimate outcome, and only one in five (20%) say Bush will be less effective because of it.

Half (52%) think Gore would have won if Ralph Nader had not run for President, and 58% say that Gore should run in 2004 if he does not win this year. But the big losers this year are the media -- nearly eight in ten (79%) say the media acted irresponsibly on election night and 87% say the media were more interested in getting the results out first than in getting them right.

Developing... Filed By Matt Drudge

27% Say Gore Should Concede Immediately

-- Ain't Gonna Happen (Not Here Not@ever.com), November 11, 2000

Answers

CNN's link

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), November 11, 2000.

This is an continuation of Clinton politics; a classic divide and conquer strategy.

Remember that this draft dodging, perjuring rapist is not going to leave his POTUS position. He WILL be the prez in Feb 2001.

What will be the National emergency? Will the market freefall this week? Will the US election be subject to a UN court? Who launches the 1st nuke in the Mid-East?

Stay tuned.... Only Bill can save us........

-- Imaginative (i know it @ll.com), November 11, 2000.

What will be the National emergency?

A nationwide shortage of Playstation 2 consoles.

Will the market freefall this week?

Not if you'd start investing in those dot com's like we told you to. C'mon now, get busy!

Will the US election be subject to a UN court?

No, it will be subject to Baskeball court. Bush and Gore for some one-on-one. They're about equal in height, so it should be a good game.

Who launches the 1st nuke in the Mid-East?

I think the real question on everyone's mind is who launches the 1st nuke in the MidWest. My guess is Jean Carnahan.

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), November 11, 2000.

hmm, once again you do not disappoint. LOL!!

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), November 11, 2000.

*grin*

Jeeze Im embarrassed to admit that I totally neglected the Jean Carnahan angle.

Regarding the basketball match- I think the sport is going the way of the dinosaurs...Perhaps some WWF type match....or perhaps we could be more dignified; mayye we could keep with the spirit of Burr/Hamilton...a duel at 10 paces...that would certainly take the ratings off the chart!

-- Imaginative (I know it @ll.com), November 11, 2000.

Well, "Imaginative", what about the XFL? Read all about it here.

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), November 11, 2000.

Well "Patricia"

Aint it cool? Im a big fan of the Demons(of course they would represented by the current administration).

Yet, i feel a duel has both a "controlling legal authority"(ie historical precident) and a tremendous marketablity to our culture.

Perhaps as an additional caveat, we could kill the legal team of the loser of the duel; throwing them to the Lions maybe?

hmmmm.........

-- Imaginative (I know it @ll.com), November 11, 2000.

Admittedly, I'm not a real fan of violence (wait a minute -- I am a hockey fan -- nevermind)...but I've always felt that it's the leaders of the countries who want to go to war who should "duke it out"; not send troops (oh if it were that simple).

Along those lines, I'm thinking that putting Bush and Gore in a ring in Las Vegas.....winner take all :-)

(Go Outlaws!! What an apropos name for an LV team.)

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), November 11, 2000.

Americans are also split on whether a new election should be held in Palm Beach county (50% say yes, 47% say no), but most reject the notion of holding a new election throughout the state of Florida (66%) or nationwide (76%).

It's quite possible the outcome of this election hinges on whether or not Palm Beach county votes over again. The trouble is, even on that point--a new election in the county--the public is divided...divided the way the national vote itself was.

Whoever is finally certifed by Florida as the winner there won't be able to claim they have much of a public mandate for new government policies or many changes in policy.

Sixty-nine percent of all Americans -- and a majority of Gore voters -- think Bush will be the next President of the United States. However, if he is elected President, 29% say he will have been elected by accident (vs. 65% who don't feel that way). Regardless of the vote, Americans were split on who would make a better President, Bush or Gore (44% vs. 44%).

-- It may all hinge on (Palm@Beach.county), November 12, 2000.

Hey. I am for the duel. Hamilton/Burr duked it out about 3 miles from where I now live. Bring them on over.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), November 12, 2000.