Campaign Pledge Drive: Week Seven

BUMPER CROP Something about the N.A.A.C.P., visited by both candidates last week, brings out the promises in folks. George W. shook off his birthday-week slump and beat his own record for pledges. Gore continued the previous week's spree.

BUSH 21

--To enforce civil rights laws --To help the poor get health insurance --To improve foster-care system (five pledges: $1.3 billion) --To fight the "bigotry of low expectations" --To connect veterans with youth through mentoring --To advance racial harmony

GORE 40

--To clean up polluted brownfields --To promote accountability in schools --To give every child access to full health care within four years --To make streets safe, fight drugs and get guns out of schools and neighborhoods --To create empowerment zones --To confront and work toward solving the African AIDS problem --To fight for alternative action, end racial profiling and pass hate-crimes legislation (three pledges)

The fine-print: totals reflect pledges and proposals made beginning the week of May 29, 2000, when we first began tracking. This survey is not scientific.