Was terorrism the reason Bush did so well with hispanics?
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Question: Was terrorism the reason that Bush won 44% with Hispanics instead of the usual percentage of Hispanics that vote Republican?
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darklordoftech
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« on: June 24, 2019, 04:31:57 PM »
In 2004 Bush won 44% of the Hispanic vote, far more than any Republican before or since, while in 2000, he won 35%, closer to the norm for Republican nominees. Was this just because of 9/11?
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« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2019, 05:01:26 PM »
Probably to an extent, but I think Bush's "compassionate conservatism" and support for comprehensive immigration reform likely helped more.
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« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2019, 05:55:01 PM »
« Edited: June 24, 2019, 06:03:23 PM by gracile »
It had more to do with the GOP at the time not yet embracing an anti-illegal immigration platform.
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« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2019, 06:15:50 PM »
Don't people also widely say that those exit polls were likely quite off?
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« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2019, 06:56:05 PM »
Bush got around 39% of the Hispanic vote if you look at some of the more in-depth analysis that has been done on the issue, even the 2004 exit polls themselves suggest that if Bush had lost the Hispanic vote 44-55, he would have won the NPV by 3.3%, not 2.4%, the reason he only won it by 2.4% is because he lost Hispanics by around 20%.
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2019, 02:43:08 PM »
It was rather because of his pledge to reform the immigration system and his fluency in Spanish.
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2019, 03:45:08 AM »
Less (though still somewhat) to do with that, more to do with the GOP not being all that crazy.
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