ABC News/ Washington Post Poll: Faith-Based Initiative, 2001

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BUSHLEGT (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you consider Bush to have been legitimately elected as president, or not?   1) Yes   2) No   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	838	62.1%	62.1%
No	481	35.7%	97.8%
DK/No opinion	30	2.2%	100%
Missing	1	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Gender Education Age Political party Income categories Religion Hispanic? Urban/rural

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	67.5% 436	57.2% 402	62.1% 838
No	30.5% 197	40.5% 285	35.7% 482
DK/No opinion	2.0% 13	2.3% 16	2.1% 29
Missing	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 703	1349

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	49.8% 110	61.2% 270	66.6% 452	7	62.0% 832
No	45.7% 101	36.5% 161	32.3% 219	0	35.9% 481
DK/No opinion	4.5% 10	2.3% 10	1.2% 8	2	2.1% 28
Missing	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 441	100.0% 679	9	1341

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	58.8% 190	68.8% 273	58.2% 198	60.8% 163	15	62.0% 824
No	40.2% 130	29.7% 118	37.9% 129	36.6% 98	6	35.8% 475
DK/No opinion	0.9% 3	1.5% 6	3.8% 13	2.6% 7	0	2.2% 29
Missing	0	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 397	100.0% 340	100.0% 268	21	1328

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	35.3% 237	93.5% 530	63.5% 54	75.0% 9	60.0% 3	4	62.1% 833
No	61.9% 416	6.0% 34	30.6% 26	8.3% 1	40.0% 2	1	35.7% 479
DK/No opinion	2.8% 19	0.5% 3	5.9% 5	16.7% 2	0.0% 0	0	2.2% 29
Missing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	100.0% 12	100.0% 5	5	1341

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	51.6% 49	52.1% 146	55.0% 166	67.0% 179	73.6% 203	95	60.9% 743
No	42.1% 40	45.4% 127	43.7% 132	31.8% 85	25.4% 70	28	37.2% 454
DK/No opinion	6.3% 6	2.5% 7	1.3% 4	1.1% 3	1.1% 3	7	1.9% 23
Missing	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 280	100.0% 302	100.0% 267	100.0% 276	130	1220

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	66.8% 241	62.7% 234	61.6% 233	50.8% 66	56.8% 50	15	62.0% 824
No	31.9% 115	33.5% 125	36.8% 139	46.2% 60	42.0% 37	5	35.8% 476
DK/No opinion	1.4% 5	3.8% 14	1.6% 6	3.1% 4	1.1% 1	0	2.3% 30
Missing	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 373	100.0% 378	100.0% 130	100.0% 88	20	1330

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	69.2% 709	20.0% 28	57.1% 44	50.6% 45	13	62.1% 826
No	28.7% 294	74.3% 104	42.9% 33	48.3% 43	7	35.6% 474
DK/No opinion	2.1% 21	5.7% 8	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0	2.3% 30
Missing	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 1024	100.0% 140	100.0% 77	100.0% 89	20	1330

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	50.0% 149	65.3% 239	65.6% 269	66.3% 173	42.9% 3	5	62.1% 833
No	46.6% 139	33.6% 123	32.7% 134	30.3% 79	57.1% 4	1	35.7% 479
DK/No opinion	3.4% 10	1.1% 4	1.7% 7	3.4% 9	0.0% 0	0	2.2% 30
Missing	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 366	100.0% 410	100.0% 261	100.0% 7	6	1342