68 %
of ethnic minorities voted Labour at the last election compared with 31 % of white voters.
In 2010, the Tories won just 16 % per
of that ethnic minority vote and critics say recent policies, such as the «go home» vans, will have done little to improve that result in 2015.
Given the fact that nearly 90 %
of ethnic minorities vote Labour and the highest concentration of them live in London it gives that particular interest a huge sway in selections.
There are three keys to winning a bigger proportion
of the ethnic minority vote in 2015 - important for the election itself and essential to our long - term future.
Tories could capture millions
of ethnic minority votes if they soften stance on immigration, says study 13 June 2015
There has been much interest in the «Asian vote» since the 2010 general election - when Labour secured 68 %
of ethnic minority votes.
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.
However, there was absolutely no mention
of an entire street
of Labour -
voting ethnic minority voters not being able to speak English either in her Guardian report or elsewere.
Operation Black
Vote (OBV) has accused Zac Goldsmith
of encouraging the «politics
of division», as anger over his leaflets targeting
ethnic minorities worsened.
The
ethnic minority vote could be decisive in the next general election, according to new research highlighting the enhanced power
of Black and Asian voters in 2015.
Holding only 84 seats in the parliament, the Socialists engineered a coalition with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a mainly
ethnic Turkish
minority party, which had 36 deputies, thus securing a total
of 120
votes in the 240 - member parliament.
He has powdered his face to «whiten up» for the Operation Black
Vote campaign to warn Britain's
ethnic minority communities that not
voting will «take the colour out
of Britain».
In fact, studies (e.g., Manacorda et al 2012) show that the negative impact
of wage depression from recent EU migration has been disproportionately shouldered by immigrant communities already in Britain, a major reason why Labour MP Khalid Mahmood is working to persuade British
ethnic minority communities to
vote to leave the EU.
A study by Operation Black
Vote found there are more
ethnic minorities than the majority
of the incumbent MP in 168 constituencies — up from 99 in 2010.
The conference will be
of immense help to all those who realise that, particularly in London, the
ethnic minority vote will be key to whether we sink or swim in the next elections.
At the last General Election, more than two thirds
of voters from Britain's black and
ethnic minority (BME) communities supported Labour; only 16 % voted for us (source: Ethnic Minority British Election Study (PDF)
ethnic minority (BME) communities supported Labour; only 16 % voted for us (source: Ethnic Minority British Election Study (PD
minority (BME) communities supported Labour; only 16 %
voted for us (source:
Ethnic Minority British Election Study (PDF)
Ethnic Minority British Election Study (PD
Minority British Election Study (PDF)-RRB-.
Thus, the deciding
votes in the majority -
minority district may end up getting cast in the white
ethnic enclaves
of Sheepshead Bay, Mill Basin and Bergen Beach, where County remains relatively strong.
Only 16 %
of Britain's
ethnic minorities voted Tory in 2010.
A «Get Out the
Vote» randomised experiment in the 2009 European and Local Election; The Political Representation
of Ethnic Minorities in the UK in Comparative Perspective; and Electoral Registration and Turnout in South Asian Communities in Great Britain.
, 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...
Nearly four times as many people from
ethnic minority communities
voted Labour than
voted Tory — and those different communities are a growing part
of our population.
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.
A report published by the Commission today (3 March) suggests that several million people will not be able to
vote at the general election because they are not registered, that only a
minority of the 17 - 24 age group are registered, and that large numbers
of black and
ethnic minority people will also be without a
vote.
The research, conducted by internet polling company Survation, suggested that the longstanding link between
ethnic minorities and the Labour party was fraying, and that the Conservatives might at last be breaking through with
minority voters, having achieved a 33 % share
of the 2015
ethnic minority vote overall or «one million» new voters for the party, and with a lead over Labour among Hindu voters.
Comparison
of 2010
ethnic minority vote choices on the (also online) YouGov web panel with the more comprehensive Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted in that same year shows that Tory support in the online sample is 10 points higher, and Labour support 13 - 18 points lower, than among the equivalent groups in the
ethnic minority vote choices on the (also online) YouGov web panel with the more comprehensive Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted in that same year shows that Tory support in the online sample is 10 points higher, and Labour support 13 - 18 points lower, than among the equivalent groups in th
minority vote choices on the (also online) YouGov web panel with the more comprehensive
Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted in that same year shows that Tory support in the online sample is 10 points higher, and Labour support 13 - 18 points lower, than among the equivalent groups in the
Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted in that same year shows that Tory support in the online sample is 10 points higher, and Labour support 13 - 18 points lower, than among the equivalent groups in th
Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted in that same year shows that Tory support in the online sample is 10 points higher, and Labour support 13 - 18 points lower, than among the equivalent groups in the EMBES.
When we take a look at levels and changes in
ethnic minority vote choice in a sample weighted to try and correct for these imbalances, the picture is one
of evolution, not revolution.
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.
Since then the growing
ethnic minority population and boundary changes in 2010 which removed the Conservative
voting area
of Pinner have moved it further into the Labour column, to the point where it can be held even in what was a very bad election for the party.
Of the 35 federal judicial nominees awaiting a Senate confirmation
vote, 17 are women, 15 are
ethnic minorities, and five are openly gay.