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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve
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To: Ilaine who wrote (6157)12/14/2000 9:24:21 AM
From: Tom Clarke   of 6710
 
It appears Arabs and Muslims are the only ethnic group the GOP can count on. A lot of work needs to be done in attracting blacks and Hispanics, and soon.

The data are not conclusive, but it appears that Arabs and Muslims (different but overlapping categories) were the only new "ethnic" groups to lean Republican in the last election. Despite his full-court press for Hispanic votes, George W. Bush’s 31 percent rate nationally with them was lower than Ronald Reagan’s; and in California, no better than former Gov. Pete Wilson’s. Bush also lost with Asian-Americans, and was crushed by traditionally liberal blacks (9-1) and Jews (4-1).

But an AAI poll of Arab voters showed Bush carrying the Arab vote by 46 to 38 percent over Gore; Nader (of Lebanese descent) garnered 13 percent. And in a broader if unscientific survey of 1774 Muslim voters done by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Bush won 72 percent.

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