Less than a week remains until voters in Iowa head to the caucuses, and even though the latest polls show former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley trailing Vice President Al Gore for the Democratic nomination for president, Bradley said in an interview Saturday he’s not worried about the gap.

“I think that basically we are doing fine,” Bradley said. “We are behind, but it’s very unpredictable.”

A poll commissioned by The Des Moines Register released last week showed Gore holding 54 percent of the support among registered Democrats in Iowa who say they will definitely or probably take part in the upcoming caucus.

Thirty-three percent of the 501 poll participants said they would be supporting Bradley, and 13 percent remained undecided.

Bradley said he has no regrets as judgment day approaches because the outcome will still depend on who heads to the precincts on Jan. 24.

“I don’t know how many kids at Iowa State are going to go to the caucus,” he said. “If a lot are going to go to caucus, it could turn out differently.”

The Register poll showed Gore leading in all of the demographic groups except among college graduates, where Bradley holds a 45 to 41 percent lead.

Bradley also said he hopes a recently launched Web site, which illustrates how the caucus works and explains the process step-by-step, will help secure more support among younger voters.

The Web site, www.caucusforbradley.com, includes a message by Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson.

“We are trying to demystify the caucus process for Iowa voters, particularly students, so new voters can feel comfortable attending the caucus here in Iowa,” said Jim Farrel, spokesman for the Bradley camp. “If you ask around, people say ‘I don’t understand how it works.’ It’s really not that difficult at all.”

Bradley said his outreach to first-time caucus voters is an attempt to “battle with” Gore, who Bradley said holds much of the institutional party line support in Iowa.

“In Iowa, the entrenched power is all with [Gore], unless I’m missing something,” Bradley said.

Farrel said unions, most of the Iowa Democratic Party and a majority of the elected Democratic officials in Iowa are working primarily on behalf of Gore.

“[Bradley] doesn’t have all of the institutional players on his side,” Farrel said. “So in order for Bill Bradley to do well in Iowa, he has to go out directly to the people.”