Why did Hispanics give Bush a relatively high % of the vote

[Bo]

Because Bush was in favor of amnesty, because the GOP made a concrete effort to appeal to Laino voters and the Dems didn't, and because Kerry was a poor and uncharismatic candidate in general. Not to mention that the nation as a whole trended Republican in 2004 and thus Latinos followed the national trend. Also, the swing to the GOP wasn't that large--Bush won 35% of the Latino vote in 2000 and 40% in 2004. That's only a 5% swing in favor of the GOP among Latinos, compared to a 3% swing to the GOP among the nation at large.

[Bo]

Because Bush, though he was TERRIBLE at running the nation, wasn't as hateful toward minorities and immigrants as the rest of the far right is. Although, that's not saying much.

The far right is only hateful to illegals--of course, many legal and native-born Latinos care a lot about illegals and take any insult at ilelgals as insulting them as well.

[Bo]

The far right is only hateful to illegals

Right - I'm sure these people are equally concerned with illegal immigrants from the United Kingdom as they are from Mexico.  (Hence the earnest cries for a declaration of English being the only "official" language.)

There are much more illegals in the U.S. from Mexico than from the U.K. Who from the U.K. would want to sneak into the U.S. illegally?