Tories could capture millions of
ethnic minority votes if they soften stance on immigration, says study 13 June 2015
Not exact matches
This analysis confirms what we might have anticipated from the evidence of the polls — local authorities appear to contain more Leave voters
if there was a large
vote for UKIP there in the 2014 European elections,
if there was a small
vote for parties of the «left» (Labour, Liberal Democrats, Scottish and Welsh Nationalists and Greens) on the same occasion, and in places with relatively low proportions of graduates, young people, and people from an
ethnic minority background.
That is why even today
if someone is from an
ethnic minority, even
if they are highly educated or rich, they are much more likely to
vote Labour than
vote Conservative.
If ethnic minorities had
voted for Cameron at the same rate as the white British population in 2010, the Tories would have won 500,000 more
votes, 24 more seats from Labour, and a parliamentary majority.
, or without a vigorous opposition press, or with a slanderous and irresponsible opposition press, or which have signed up to supranational bodies outside democratic control, or which have signed up to international treaties ditto, or which make use of protected seats for women or
ethnic minorities, or where the
if the prime minister is one
ethnic group the president is conventionally always another, or where unlimited campaign donations are allowed, or disallowed, or where significant numbers question the legitimacy of the polity holding the
vote, or where
voting is compulsory, or where non-citizens can not
vote, or where they can, or where there is (or is not) a second chamber or supreme court that can block popular legislation...
One of the speakers, the Catholic Bishop of Gboko, His Lordship, Williams Avenya, had reminded Osinbajo of the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari's campaign promises that he would not Islamise the country and would protect the interest of all Nigerians including citizens of
minority ethnic groups
if voted into power.
British Future are therefore right to conclude that the
ethnic minority vote is increasingly «up for grabs», even
if Labour still has a large starting advantage.
Backed up by polling showing Labour streaking ahead in London, it's easy to see the basis of this trend, even
if certain seat - specific results look odd - lots of
ethnic minority voters, lots of young voters and students, lots of young professionals, and lots of angry Remainers make for lots of Labour
votes.