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Hispanic Voters in the 2000 and 2004 Presidential General Elections
Author(s) -
KENSKI KATE,
TISINGER RUSSELL
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
presidential studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1741-5705
pISSN - 0360-4918
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2006.00298.x
Subject(s) - presidential system , political science , population , identification (biology) , presidential election , margin (machine learning) , public administration , political economy , law , demography , sociology , politics , botany , biology , machine learning , computer science
In 2004, the vote margin between the major party presidential candidates was slim but wider than in 2000, leading scholars, pundits, and politicians to ask: among which demographic groups did George W. Bush specifically and the Republican party more generally make gains? Using data from the 2000 and 2004 National Annenberg Election Surveys (NAES), we examine the extent to which Bush and the Republicans made gains among an increasingly important group and growing segment of the U.S. population, Hispanic Americans. Results from the NAES demonstrate that Bush made inroads with Hispanics in 2004. While Bush improved his support among Hispanics, Hispanic party identification in 2004 was comparable to identification in 2000.