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.
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Which of these presidential candidates -- Al Gore or George W. Bush -- is: |
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Gore Versus Bush: All Americans |
Gore Versus Bush Among Women |
Gore Versus Bush Among Men |
Gender Gap |
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Best looking |
+20* |
+28 |
+10 |
+18 |
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Smarter |
+9 |
+12 |
+7 |
+5 |
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Would most want to have dinner with |
+2 |
+9 |
-8 |
+17 |
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Better public speaker |
-11 |
-3 |
-21 |
+18 |
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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
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Gore |
Bush |
No opinion |
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2000 Aug 24-27 |
41% |
32 |
27 |
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Men |
41% |
34 |
25 |
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Women |
42% |
30 |
28 |
B. Better looking
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Gore |
Bush |
No opinion |
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2000 Aug 24-27 |
44% |
24 |
32 |
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Men |
34% |
24 |
42 |
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Women |
52% |
24 |
24 |
C.The one you would more like to have dinner with
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Gore |
Bush |
No opinion |
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2000 Aug 24-27 |
43% |
41 |
16 |
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Men |
39% |
47 |
14 |
|
Women |
46% |
37 |
17 |
D.The better public speaker
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Gore |
Bush |
No opinion |
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2000 Aug 24-27 |
37% |
48 |
15 |
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Men |
32% |
53 |
15 |
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Women |
41% |
44 |
15 |
E.The one with the better sense of humor
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Gore |
Bush |
No opinion |
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2000 Aug 24-27 |
34% |
45 |
21 |
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Men |
29% |
50 |
21 |
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Women |
38% |
40 |
22 |
TREND: 2000 Feb 14-15
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Gore |
Bradley |
Bush |
McCain |
No opinion |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
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The smartest |
24 |
15 |
21 |
16 |
24 |
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The best looking |
39 |
4 |
20 |
8 |
29 |
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The one you would most like to have dinner with |
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The best public speaker |
22 |
9 |
27 |
24 |
18 |
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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.