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>  Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:26:54 -0800
>  Subject: Third Party Candidates & Polls
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>  I've already done my part for this election season. I voted last
Saturday.
>  Since we expect things to be pretty crazy on election day, we've been
>  encouraging everyone at "Nightline" to vote absentee. That way they're
sure
>  to be able to vote. I know of one journalist who made the point that
>  journalists shouldn't vote at all. This person felt that just the act of
>  voting would jeopardize their objectivity, and make it more difficult for

>  them to cover the election impartially. An interesting thought, but I
>  disagree. And I digress.
>
>  I'm sure it will come as no surprise that we're going to be focusing on
>  politics tonight. We've been devoting Monday nights to politics for some
>  time now anyway, but with the election just one week away, this seems
like
>  an obvious call. I expect that we will, in some way, be covering the
>  election each night this week. Unless, of course, there is breaking news
of
>  some sort. Those of you who can't stand to hear another word about
politics
>  are probably hoping for that breaking news.
>
>  Tonight we'll be trying to cover a number of bases. We'll hear from
ABCNEWS
>  correspondents Terry Moran, with the Gore campaign, and Dean Reynolds
>  covering Bush. And we'll be interviewing a man most of you never see,
>  although you see his work on a regular basis: Gary Langer, the director
of
>  polling for ABCNEWS. He's going to try to help us make sense of the polls

>  this year, many of which have been swinging wildly. I don't remember an
>  election where the polls have been so different from each other, and
we're
>  hoping Gary can help explain why. We know a lot of voters don't like
polls,
>  they think that we, the media, focus on them too much, and that the
>  candidates can let the polls dictate their actions and programs. We
always
>  wonder if people out there are being a little dishonest with the
pollsters,
>  just to make things more interesting.
>
>  Tomorrow night, Ted Koppel will anchor a town meeting from Minneapolis
with
>  Jesse Ventura and Ralph Nader. When this was first planned, the focus was

>  intended to be a look at third-party candidates in general. But with the
>  increased focus on Nader by the Gore campaign, and their fear that he is
>  siphoning off votes that might otherwise go to their candidate, it seems
>  like a perfect time to hear from him. Tonight, we're going to have three
>  other third-party candidates on the broadcast. I'm going to be a little
>  coy, or obnoxious, depending on your point of view, and not tell you who
>  those three are. I wonder how many of you will be able to identify them.
I
>  know that I had trouble naming them.
>
>  Gary Langer, the polling director I mentioned above, just called to say
>  that today's ABCNEWS poll shows a dead heat between Gore and Bush. Things

>  are probably going to get pretty heated in the next few days as both
>  candidates try to break out.
>
>  Oct. 30, 2000
>
>  Leroy Sievers
>  Executive Producer
>  "Nightline" Office
>  Washington, D.C.
>
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