Maybe, maybe not. It turns out that the poll results showing Hispanic voters evenly split between Gore and Bush are considered statistically insignificant. And that's according to the man who conducted the survey. Pollster John Zogby has acknowledged that figures showing Gore and Bush each winning 44 percent support among Hispanics are virtually meaningless given that only 57 of the 1,003 people polled nationwide in last week's Zogby America survey were Hispanics. A spokesman for the otherwise highly regarded polling company explained that the margin of error for that poll's Hispanic numbers was plus or minus 12 percentage points.
Most polls have a margin of error of about four or five percentage points.
Given that wide margin of error, Zogby admitted that the numbers should never have been released. Several previous polls by Zogby and others have shown Gore leading Bush among Hispanics by margins of 25 percent or more. As for the press statement issued by the Republicans, while it did note that Zogby America had polled 1,003 people in its survey, it failed to mention there were only 57 Hispanics interviewed. And it did not mention the wide margin of error.