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Political Strategist and Analyst

Matthew Dowd

1 article 2001

Matthew Dowd is a political strategist and analyst who served as chief strategist for George W. Bush's 2004 presidential campaign. He has worked as a political contributor for ABC News and later ran for Texas lieutenant governor. He contributed to The Weekly Standard with writing on political trends and demographics.

Doing the Latin Swing

December 3, 2001 · Magazine

LIKE THE REAGAN DEMOCRATS in the 1980s and the Soccer Moms in the 1990s, the most sought after vote bloc in the coming decade will be what you might call the Latin Swing--upwardly mobile Latino voters who are not the loyal Democrats many people assume they are. Latinos have grown from 2 percent of…