The Republican Party's dream of attracting the nation's growing number of Hispanic voters as part of its effort to dominate U.S. politics suffered a serious setback this week.
The election results reflected damage done to the Republican Hispanic strategy by some Republicans' harsh words on illegal immigration, much of it crafted -- apparently unsuccessfully -- to bring immigration foes to the polls. Exit polls, which found that 69% of Hispanic voters cast ballots for Democratic congressional candidates while 29% voted for Republicans, suggested that Hispanics are more critical of the Iraq war and of President Bush's performance in office than...
Immigration · Thu, 11/09/2006 - 03:01 · · Importance: 1
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