52% Of African Americans Believe Their Votes Won't Be Counted

• Originally published in The Frontrunner October 22, 2004 Friday

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The Wall Street Journal (10/22, A4, Harwood) reports in its "Washington Wire" column, "A 52% majority of African-Americans worry it's 'very' or 'somewhat' likely their votes won't be counted, while 20% of whites do.

But blacks express higher election interest. Journal/NBC pollsters Peter Hart and Bill McInturff say Kerry's 83% support may understate his final total; Gore got 90% in 2000. Bush's party worries more about fraud. Some 44% of Republicans say it is very or somewhat likely that Americans who are ineligible will vote anyway; only 28% of Democrats voice that concern. Voters overall split, 48%-47%, on the likelihood that computer technology will bring more corruption or miscounting."