Listed below are the groups whose support has shifted the most between Bush and Gore since the Post started tracking the presidential race two weeks ago. The numbers in parentheses are the lowest and highest percent support recorded over the past 14 days. In some cases, the change has all been in one direction. Democratic-leaning independents, for example, seem to be coming home to papa Gore. Others groups head one way and then turn around and march the other.
Independent women are the prime example.
Though Gore has held a fairly consistent advantage in this group, his margin has ranged from a high of 19 percentage points early last week to a 2-point deficit at the very start of the tracking period. Though support for Bush has also wavered among independent women, Gore's losses are not always the Texas governor's gains. Support for Ralph Nader has run from 4 percent to 11 percent among independent women, and the percentage who are undecided has ranged between 3 and 9 points. It was about a potential thaw in Cold War relations, and people there were very unsure about this. I went in to give the results to the editor of Newsweek, and he noticed that there were no 'don't know' responses.