10-25-2004, 07:31 PM
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Tinman vs Scarecrow - who would you vote for?
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In 2000, Mr Zogby took a novel approach to predicting the race between Mr George W. Bush and former vice-president Al Gore.
He asked voters to make a choice: 'You live in the Land of Oz, and the candidates are either Tin Man, with all brains and no heart, or the Scarecrow, who is with all heart and no brains.'
The score - 46.2 per cent to the Scarecrow (seen to depict Mr Bush) and 46.2 per cent to the Tin Man (Mr Gore).
That made him conclude that Mr Gore had drawn level with Mr Bush when other polls had predicted a shoo-in for the latter.
It was a more accurate reading of the situation.
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that was then . . .
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In an interview with The Sunday Times, Mr Zogby sees the Tin Man-versus-Scarecrow model as still relevant in the present race, with Mr Bush now facing a new Tin Man in the form of Senator John Kerry.
And the pollster is staking his 20 years of experience in a Kerry win - at least from soundings of America's 'undecided' voters.
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this is now . . .
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The survey probed at the persuadables' underlying values with cultural questions. For example, if the election were a choice between two characters from the movie "The Wizard of Oz," 48.7 percent would vote for the Tin Man, described as "all brains and no heart," and 13.3 percent would vote for the Scarecrow, described as "all heart and no brains."
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