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Released: December 15, 2000
New Reuters/NBC/Zogby survey reveals:
Bush presidency judged as "not legitimate"
by minorities, Democrats
Democrats and minorities in substantial numbers do not consider the
soon-to-be presidency of Republican George W. Bush as legitimate, a new
Reuters/NBC/Zogby survey reveals.
The survey was conducted Wednesday December 13 of 521 likely voters
nationwide who voted in the 2000 presidential elections showed that an
overall 59% of those surveyed called the Bush presidency legitimate with
37% who believe the presidency is not legitimate. Another 5% were
undecided.
The survey has a margin of sampling error of +/- 4.5%. (Percentages may
not add up to 100 due to rounding).
A strong majority of Democrats (65%) said the presidency was "not
legitimate" while 27% said "legitimate." Of the Independent likely
voters, 61% said "legitimate" and 34% said "not legitimate" compared to
92% of Republican respondents who said "legitimate" and 6% who said not
legitimate.
Three-fourths (77%) of the African American respondents deemed the
presidency "not legitimate" compared to 17% who said "legitimate." At the
same time more than half of the Hispanic respondents (53%) also termed
the presidency "not legitimate" compared to 39% who said "legitimate."
"If you define legitimacy as the will of the people, do you consider a
George W. Bush presidency legitimate or not legitimate?"
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Legitimate Legitimate Not Sure Total
Total 59 37 5 100
Dem. 27 65 8 100
GOP 92 6 1 100
Ind. 61 34 5 100
White 65 31 4 100
Black 17 77 7 100
Hispanic 39 53 9 100
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