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This week, The Tennessean has been reporting findings from Mason-Dixon on everything from the U.S Senate race to the lottery. But that polling service can be as prescient as Miss Cleo. In the 1999 mayor’s race, for example, Mason-Dixon gave former Mayor Richard Fulton a commanding lead just weeks before election day. But instead, Bill Purcell won, trouncing Fulton and then-Vice Mayor Jay West. Here are some other Mason-Dixon polling results that didn’t pan out:
♦ Nashvillians go “Willin’ for Hillin” over Gayle Ray.
♦ Build a mega-mall at MetroCenter, and they will come.
♦ Phil Valentine listeners demand thorough, thoughtful and detailed policy discussion.
♦ Poll of Taliban leaders points to untapped market for WNBA merchandise.
♦ And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to...Lil Bow Wow.
♦ Fifty-eight percent of Tennesseans find Lamar Alexander “warm.”
♦ Fifty-nine percent of Tennesseans find Bob Clement “introspective.”
♦ Sixty-eight percent of Belle Meade residents said they would see Undercover Brother during its opening weekend.
♦ The superior taste of New Coke: 88 percent.
♦ Size doesn’t matter: 98 percent.
♦ Vanderbilt over UT for the past 18 years.
♦ Nobody would buy a movie soundtrack featuring traditional bluegrass music.
♦ Upon realizing that nearly all of them would actually save money from Naifeh’s income tax plan, talk show listeners would silence their horn honking.
♦ Al Gore would coast to an easy victory in his home state in the 2000 presidential election, catapulting him to the White House.
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