Article: Analysts Debate: Did More Blacks Vote Republican for House This Year?; Doubts Arise About Exit Poll That Found Sharp Increase in Support

A poll finding that more than one-fifth of black voters - 22 percent - cast ballots for Republican House candidates in last month's elections has been questioned by political scientists, polling experts and party officials who doubt that the black Republican vote was that high.

The finding emerged from a nationwide exit poll conducted on Election Day by Voter Research and Surveys (VRS), a consortium sponsored by the television networks.

The figure has been widely cited in newspaper and television stories and by some Republicans - including Robert Teeter, President Bush's pollster - who argue that their party is making inroads on one of the nation's most solidly Democratic groups.

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