It is Gore, whose total opposition to vouchers makes him a threat to the future of a whole generation of young blacks, who are not getting educated in many ghetto public schools, even though a number of charter schools and private schools have achieved remarkable academic success with these same ghetto kids. Gore's opposition is not based on racism, but on the clout of the teachers' unions in the Democratic Party, which needs both their millions of dollars in campaign contributions and the manpower they can turn out to walk the precincts on election night.
Another group that Gore will have to try to scare are senior citizens. Somehow he must make Governor Bush's plan to let younger workers invest some of their own Social Security money seem like a threat to retired people. It isn't, but the truth has never stopped Gore before.
Gore will also have to try to scare women with the notion that Bush would appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade -- and supposedly ban abortions. The fallacy in this is that there was no national ban on abortions before Roe v. Wade. It was never a federal issue in the first place, until the High Court decided to settle the issue, once and for all -- and made it more unsettled and divisive than ever.
Then there are the scares about a polluted environment if Bush gets in, including lies about pollution levels in Houston, which were refuted by Houston's mayor, a Democrat. This was all part of Gore's campaign to scare up votes -- literally.
At the heart of all these tactics is the cold fact that Gore's political success depends on pitting groups of Americans against other Americans. If he succeeds, you can look for more such divisive tactics in future elections, despite how much it tears apart the fabric of American society.