Julie Chen goes over the latest presidential poll on the CBS News Early Show. Forty-seven percent say they would vote for Bush if the presidential election were being held today, while 39 percent would vote for Gore. Bush's improvement in this poll comes mainly from a shift among male voters. Last month, they favored him by six points. Now that margin has more than doubled.
Women voters remain closely divided.
In fact, among women who voted for Clinton in 1996, only three-quarters currently support Gore, while 14 percent are supporting Bush and another 10 percent have yet to choose. Bush has a seven-point edge with independent voters. Opinions of Gore, on the other hand, have changed little since the primaries, but have improved somewhat from last year. Voters give Bush more positive ratings than they had a month ago, but still divide evenly over Gore. The improvement in Bush's positive assessments from men is especially important in the change.