Hispanic Voters Declare Their Independence.

Focuses on Hispanic voters in the U.S. Observation that U.S. President George W. Bush won 44 percent of the HIspanic vote in the 2004 election, more than any Republican presidential candidate in three decades; Reference to Latino influence on popular culture and the American mainstream; Possibility that Hispanics may be the new swing voters; Signs of change in a once-solid Democratic bloc; The different strategies of the two parties in appealing to Hispanic voters; Issue of patriotism; Impact of negative advertisements by the Bush campaign.