[curiosity]

Republicans always did well among among Hispanics in Texas and Florida. I'm not sure about New Mexico, but he most certainly increased his share of the white vote, so that could account for his victory there.

It's possible that the media exit polls are right about him getting 45% of Latinos, but the validity of those polls is highly questionable given their inability to predict the election. I also agree that this poll is suspect, but there's nothing I see that gives me any reason to doubt this poll more than the media polls.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"It's possible that the media exit polls are right about him getting 45% of Latinos, but the validity of those polls is highly questionable given their inability to predict the election."

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I agree that the exit polls are highly questionable, but given the fact that their bias was consistently in favor of Kerry, not in favor of the President, if anything the bad exit polls would be understating Bush's share of the Hispanic vote.