Results suggests shift in attitudes.
The Wayne State University-Detroit Free Press poll reveals a dramatic shift in voter attitudes in a relatively short period of time, suggesting that the electorate is more volatile than it has been in 12 years. In Ohio, another key battleground, the poll found Gore in a statistical tie with Bush, but that state remains more hostile to Gore than the other three. Many experts believe the race will be won in those four industrial states, which have a large number of independent voters and a combined 84 electoral votes - 31 percent of the electoral votes needed to win. All four voted for Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, but all have Republican governors. A month earlier, Bush led Gore by 5 percentage points in Pennsylvania, according to a poll by American Research Group.