• Early voting states Florida, California and New York have large Latino populations
• President Bush captured 40 percent of the Latino vote in 2004, most ever for GOP
• As the Latino population has grown, so has the rate of voting participation
Hispanics tend to lean Democratic in national elections, but President Bush showed in 2004 that Republicans have much at stake. Bush captured about 40 percent of the Hispanic vote that year, the most ever for a GOP presidential candidate. His Democratic rival, John Kerry, won 53 percent, down from the 62 percent former Vice President Al Gore garnered in 2000.
California's Hispanic population is nearing 36 percent -- more than double the U.S. average. However, Latino historically vote in numbers well below their share of the population, in part because many are either too young to vote, unregistered or foreign citizens.
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