the dwi story was a minor detail. bush lost the popular vote, and if not for some legalities, the electoral votes, simply because he was arrogant and complacent.
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I think the DWI story was a major detail since it came right in the final days of the campaign, too late to be discredited by the Bushies. I don't have any numbers but I recall that Bush was doing better before the story broke, and probably lost a few points because of it.
I know someone in upstate New York who is strongly pro-life, and I remember she said when she got to the voting booth, she just couldn't vote for Bush, he was "too inexperienced and not serious enough" (something to that effect) and the DWI story must have been a reason for that change of heart.
