Democrats Warned On Gop, Hispanics ; Memo Notes Bush Needs Only a Bit More of the Voting Bloc to Ensure His Re-Election.

The Washington Times › February 16, 2004

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Democrats must step up the courting of Hispanics who have voted Republican in recent years or risk losing this year's presidential election, states a Democratic campaign strategy memorandum.

In a surprisingly frank analysis of the political challenges their party faces this year in the largest and fastest-growing minority voter group, Democrats were told that Hispanic immigrants do not have the same loyalty to the Democratic Party that second- and third-generation Hispanic voters have; that President Bush and his brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, are seen as especially popular among the voting bloc; and that the president only needs to increase his Hispanic vote by a few percentage points to win re-election.

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Democrats Warned On Gop, Hispanics ; Memo Notes Bush Needs Only a Bit More of the Voting Bloc to Ensure His Re-Election.

"The Republicans are not aiming to get the majority of the Hispanic vote, they don't need it - they only need 5 or 6 more percentage points to win. And they are being incredibly aggressive abo...

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