The voters "don't dislike George Bush," he insisted.
Even within the party, some people had reservations, wondering whether more prosperous voters today might dislike identifying with the rock-bottom social category of the poor.
If she loses, they'll say its because voters disliked her position on building a local freeway.
But voters dislike the choice they have been offered and regarded the campaign as uninteresting.
The Democrats hope that many voters instinctively dislike an extremely wealthy politician who made it on his own.
Both men were careful not to slam the other's point of view, something that the voters dislike; indeed, they sounded courtly at times.
Polls showed that voters disliked Republican attacks on environmental policies.
But, he said, that did not mean those voters necessarily disliked him.
Until Friday, the race was going to be won by the candidate the voters disliked least.
American voters don't dislike women candidates, but they do stereotype them.