The Hispanic vote

The Washington Times ^ | January 7, 2003 | House Editorial

[traditionalist]

Bush never campaigned in CA.

Yes he did. He wrote the state off.

No he did not. Especially toward the end of the campaign he spent a lot of money and effort in CA.

Its the 187 thingy.

So you believe states should give illegal aliens access to taxpayer-funded services?

The same CNN exit polls that you linked to show Bush recieving 35% nationally.

Which is about what strong national Republican candidates always get. Reagan got 37% in 1984. Bush Sr. got 33% in 1988, statistically indisdinguishable from 35%. Dole in 1996 and Bush Sr. in 1992 did very badly among hispanics, but they were weak candidates and didn't do well with any demographic group.

The CNN exit polls that you linked to wouldn't show Texas results but in the 1988 Gubernatorial VNS polls Bush recieved 49%.

He still didn't get a majority for all his pandering. Besides, as you well know, Texas Hispanics are a very different group than hispanics in other parts of the country.

[traditionalist]

Well put.

[Ben Ficklin]

You may chose to ignore the demograhic projections, but don't be disappointed if others don't.

[traditionalist]

What projections am I ignoring exactly?

[votelife]

"Being Hispanic for us means much more than having a surname," said New Jersey Rep. Bob Menendez, a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. "It means having some relationship with the reality of what it is to live in this country as a Hispanic American."

This is the Democrat case against Estrada...