I have been saying that I’ll have a post about public opinion on the 2000 election, and here it is. The Supreme Court decision ending the recount was issued on December 12 at about 10PM. … On December 14 and 15, ABC News and the Washington Post conducted a poll focusing on the decision, and Gallup followed with one on Dec 15-17. Of course, these weren’t the only surveys that asked, but I’ll focus on them because they had a range of questions and were conducted soon after the court decision. Neither of the polls asked people how they voted in the 2000 election, but the ABC/Washington Post asked “who did you personally want to become the next president,” and the Gallup survey asked about vote in a hypothetical 2004 race between Bush and Gore, so I’ll take these questions and talk about Bush and Gore supporters. CONTINUED
David Weakliem, U. of Connecticut
More poll results: Bush vs. Gore, Dec. 2000