According to exit polls compiled by Voter News Service, Vice President Al Gore and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) captured 79 percent of the Jewish vote, 1 percent more than Clinton in 1996 and 1 percent less than Clinton received in 1992. Texas Gov. George W. Bush received 19 percent of the Jewish vote, and Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate who ran on the Green Party ticket, garnered 1 percent.
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