Bush and Gore spend last campaign day fighting in crucial undecided states

According to the latest opinion polls, Republican candidate for the American Presidency, Texas Governor George W. Bush, leads in 25 states and can count on 215 electoral votes. His Democratic rival, Vice President Al. Gore, is ahead in 13 states including the District of Columbia, and can count on 182 electoral votes. The remaining 12 states are up for grabs and both candidates spent the final day of the campaign soliciting votes in these battleground states, including Florida, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Michigan and West Virginia. Neither of the candidates has the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become the 43rd U.S. President. According to polls, Bush has the popular vote, but could lose in the Electoral College, a situation unprecedented since 1888. Gore's central theme in the last hours of the campaign was reminding voters that he is the custodian of the prosperity Americans are currently enjoying, while Bush continued to tell them it is time to rid the Oval Office of Clinton-Gore and restore integrity and credibility to the White House. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.10, -ycie, p. 1).