How did Bush do so well in Hawaii?

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Here is why the Republicans had so much confidence in Hawaii and why Dubya did so well in HI partly thanks to Dick Cheney’s visit there

At that time HI had the lowest jobless rate in the nation, was in the midst of a construction boom and tourism was soaring at the point that 50000 jobs were created in HI in the three years preceding the election which the Republicans also attributed to the Bush tax cuts to say they’re working. The Republicans’ strategy included that the memory of Pearl Harbor resonates with the memory of 9/11 and would lead to the appreciation of Dubya’s response to it. 10000 Hawaii based troops were fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/29/fri/index.html
And what’s interesting is that Dubya won 46% of HI’s Hispanic voters and 48% of Asian voters which definitely helped Dubya to narrow the gap in HI but it’s wise of Dubya to spend more time in OH which helped Dubya to win re-election
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/HI/P/00/epolls.0.html

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http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/HI/P/00/epolls.0.html
And also 17% of Hawaii Democrats voted for Dubya in 2004

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I believe that among those 17 % of Hawaii Democrats who voted for Dubya in 2004 there are those who lived the memory of Pearl Harbor and didn’t recognize their party as the party of FDR, Harry Truman or JFK as America lost more people on 9/11 than during the Pearl Harbor strikes and they saw Dubya as a decisive and determined leader in the War on Terror§

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Dubya performed even better among HI's non-white women (47%) than among this state's white women (37%)