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Article: Voters in key states to determine election results.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- September 7, 2000
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A handful of key states _ most of them in the industrial Midwest _ are once again setting the pace of national elections, attracting the presidential candidates with a siren song from undecided voters and a wealth of electoral votes.
To assess the direction of this year's contest between Al Gore and George W. Bush, all one needs to watch are the Heavyweight Eight _ Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, Kentucky and Florida.
Recent polls, interviews and analyses by Knight Ridder reporters based in most of the key states show that the presidential race is closest in those eight because of their diverse voting populations. They have ...