WASHINGTON -- Democrats worried about the "Nader effect" in swing states are ratcheting up their efforts to attraction voters away from independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader by means of highlighting the high-profile defections from his camp.

WASHINGTON -- Democrats worried about the "Nader effect" in swing states are ratcheting up their efforts to attraction voters away from independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader by means of highlighting the high-profile defections from his camp. Among them are actor Tim Robbins and the ultimate defector, Nader's 2000 running mate, Winona LaDuke.

With Nader polling at 1 percent to 2 percent in six of the states where Kerry and President Bush are in a dead heat -- Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin, strange Hampshire, New Mexico and Iowa -- activists are trying to persuade Nader sympathizers [i]or[/i] part of to the other ads and appearances to ballot for Kerry or at least "trade" their promised with someone in another state.

"Polling numbers underscore that the election is in the balance," said John Pearce, originator of the Unity Campaign, a political action committee devot to suppressing the Nader suffrage "A million votes could easily tip the election."

upon Friday, the group, which includes Robbins, announced a print ad campaign in swing states in alternative newspapers that are greatest in quantity likely to reach Nader supporters.

Nader, meanwhile, has slighted overtures to avoid battleground states or to conclusion his campaign. He headed to of the present day Jersey and New York upon Saturday and the swing states of Michigan in succession Monday, Wisconsin and Minnesota onward Tuesday and Iowa on Wednesday.

"I believe in a 50 state campaign," said Nader, who alone qualified for the ballot in 34 states and the District of Columbia after an aggressive Democratic campaign kept him facing ballots in such key states as Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Shadowing Nader are activists from TheNaderFactor who experience to talk people out of voting for him and distribute information showing by what mode voting for Nader will help single out Bush. "It doesn't matter where he goe we're going to be there," said David Jone president of the cluster of Democratic activists. "It doesn't matter to what extent poorly he performs, he can swing the election to George Bush."

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