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James Gimpel, Latinos and the 2002 Election: Republicans Do Well When Latinos Stay Home, Center for Immigration Studies, January 2003 (cis.org)
As part of an effort to attract more Latino voters to the GOP, the Bush administration has proposed increased immigration, amnesty for immigrants, and a new guest worker program. A new study from the Center for Immigration Studies, however, casts doubt on the viability of these efforts to draw Hispanics to Republicanism.
University of Maryland professor James Gimpel analyzed voting in several states with competitive Senate and gubernatorial races. He found that the Republicans sweep of 2002 election had little to do with the Latino vote. In fact, the victories were helped by Latino voter apathy. Lower-income Latinos and self-descried independent voters (who tend to vote Democratic) stayed home on Election Day.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Latino Favors Are Fruitless.(attracting Hispanic Americans to...