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Who is Better Looking -- Bush or Gore?

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

PRINCETON, NJ -- Al Gore is better looking than George W. Bush. He is also smarter. On the other hand, Bush is the better public speaker, and has the better sense of humor. Both men would be equally fascinating to have dinner with.

Those are the results from this past weekend's poll of Americans, asking them to choose between the two candidates on these five dimensions.

There are interesting differences by gender. Women are generally more likely to support Al Gore in this election than are men, and are more likely than men to choose Gore over Bush on each dimension. The only dimension on which women and men are closer in agreement is the "smarter" quality, on which there is a much smaller difference in the votes of the two genders.

Which of these presidential candidates -- Al Gore or George W. Bush -- is:

 

Gore Versus Bush: All Americans

Gore Versus Bush Among Women

Gore Versus Bush Among Men

Gender Gap

         

Best looking

+20*

+28

+10

+18

Smarter

+9

+12

+7

+5

Would most want to have dinner with

+2

+9

-8

+17

Better public speaker

-11

-3

-21

+18

Better sense of humor

-11

-2

-21

+19

* % choosing Gore minus % choosing Bush.

Which of these presidential candidates[ROTATED: Al Gore (or) George W. Bush] is [RANDOM ORDER]?

A.Smarter

 

Gore

Bush

No opinion

2000 Aug 24-27

41%

32

27

Men

41%

34

25

Women

42%

30

28



B. Better looking

 

Gore

Bush

No opinion

2000 Aug 24-27

44%

24

32

Men

34%

24

42

Women

52%

24

24



C.The one you would more like to have dinner with

 

Gore

Bush

No opinion

2000 Aug 24-27

43%

41

16

Men

39%

47

14

Women

46%

37

17



D.The better public speaker

 

Gore

Bush

No opinion

2000 Aug 24-27

37%

48

15

Men

32%

53

15

Women

41%

44

15



E.The one with the better sense of humor

 

Gore

Bush

No opinion

2000 Aug 24-27

34%

45

21

Men

29%

50

21

Women

38%

40

22



TREND: 2000 Feb 14-15

 

 

 

Gore

 

Bradley

 

Bush

 

McCain

No opinion

 

%

%

%

%

%

           

The smartest

24

15

21

16

24

The best looking

39

4

20

8

29

The one you would most like to have dinner with


25


12


25


22


16

The best public speaker

22

9

27

24

18

The one with the best sense of humor

18

14

23

18

27



Survey Methods
The results are based on telephone interviews with a randomly selected national sample of 1,019 adults, 18 years and older, conducted August 24-27, 2000. For results based on this sample, one can say with 95 percent confidence that the maximum error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 3 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.


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