Latino voters, staying true to form nationally in the presidential election, supported democratic presidential candidate John Kerry over President George W. Bush by a margin of 67.7% to 31.4%, an increase in support over the 2000 presidential election, according to a national exit survey conducted by the William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI). For the 2000 presidential election, then Vice President Al Gore received between 62% and 68% support among Latinos, according to three different national exit surveys. Then-governor George W. Bush received between 29% and 37% Latino support from the same surveys.
“Nationally, Latinos continued their historic voting patterns, siding with the democratic challenger over the President by familiar margins, a little more than 2-to-1,” said Antonio Gonzalez, president of the William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI). “President Bush tried unsuccessfully to increase his support among Latinos. The democrats’ message appears to have resonated with Latinos.”
Looking at a select number of Congressional races around the country, the WCVI exit survey found that Latinos preferred democratic candidates over their republican counterparts by a margin of 67.5% to 30.3%, a significant sign of support for democratic Congressional candidates. The WCVI exit survey interviewed 1,021 respondents in 56 precincts across 14 states.http://www.wcvi.org/press_room/press_releases/2004/us/nat_poll_110204.htmlBut then this CNN poll says something totally different:
Latino:
Bush 44%
Kerry 53%http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.htmlOne exit poll shows 44/53 and the other shows 31/67 both for Kerry. So which is it? Is this another mainstream media myth to make Bush look like a great leader who crosses lines to bring people together?
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