{"id":63834,"date":"2009-01-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2009\/01\/15\/iii-looking-back-the-bush-administration\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:11:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:11:56","slug":"iii-looking-back-the-bush-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2009\/01\/15\/iii-looking-back-the-bush-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"III. Looking Back: The Bush Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4955\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2009\/01\/2009-new-administration-05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"627\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast to their optimism regarding the new Obama administration, Latinos offer a largely negative assessment of the Bush administration as it comes to an end. Even though President George W. Bush won 40% of the Latino vote in 2004 (<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/2005\/03\/21\/estimates-of-the-size-and-characteristics-of-the-undocumented-population\/\">Suro, Fry, Passel 2005<\/a>)\u2014a high for a Republican presidential nominee in recent elections\u2014more than half (54%) of Latinos now expect that his failures will outweigh his accomplishments. Just two-in-ten (19%) Latinos state the opposite. Though critical of Bush, the Latino population is less disapproving than the general population. Among that group, almost two-thirds (64%) feel that the failures of the Bush administration outweigh any accomplishments, while 24% say the opposite (<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/2005\/03\/21\/estimates-of-the-size-and-characteristics-of-the-undocumented-population\/\">Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press, December 2008<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the biggest differences in perspectives on the Bush administration relate to educational levels. Hispanics with less than a college degree are less likely to assess the Bush legacy positively than are better educated Latinos. Half (50%) of people with no high school diploma, and 59% of people with only a high school diploma, think the Bush administration will be remembered more for its failures than for its accomplishments, compared with 42% of Latinos who have college degrees or more. Conversely, 17% of those lacking a high school diploma, 18% of those with only a high school diploma and 34% of college graduates believe that Bush will be remembered more for his accomplishments.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As expected, political party affiliation is strongly associated with assessments of the Bush administration. Even so, Latinos who say they identify with the Republican Party[4. numoffset=&#8221;4&#8243; For this question, survey respondents were asked only about which party they identify with. No information is available to identify independents who lean toward either the Republican or Democratic parties.] are far from united in their perspective on George W. Bush. Almost one-in-four (39%) Latino Republicans believe that Bush\u2019s failures will outweigh his accomplishments, while 44% say the opposite. Among Latino Democrats, 70% believe that his failures will outweigh any accomplishments, while 15% believe that Bush\u2019s accomplishments will prevail. Evaluations offered by Latino independents are less lopsided, though still negative\u201449% argue that history will most remember the failures of the administration, and 18% believe history will most remember its successes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In contrast to their optimism regarding the new Obama administration, Latinos offer a largely negative assessment of the Bush administration as it comes to an end. Even though President George W. 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