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By 2050, 60% will be an ethnic minority.
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They play a large part in the outcome of elections
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Democrats = Younger Gen. Republicans = Older Gen.
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Typically democrat voters
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Around 68% were registered voters in 2008 but now 59% in 2012 elections
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95% voted for democrats in 2008, 93% in 2012.
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Over 13.5% of population is black in USA
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58% of the registered voters turned out to vote for the Democrats
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Barack Obama is black and is known to have the most ethnically diverse cabinet in US politics
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Mostly democrats due to colour, culture and welfare benefits.
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However, yearly the republicans try and gain votes.
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Parties spend millions advertising in Spanish (It’s the second language of the States)
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The hispanic population weren’t interested as much in US politics until Proposition 187 which was
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40% of California is known to be from a Hispanic background
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Cubans are usually rich where as Mexicans are poorer and live in varrio’s.
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Hispanics are also usually democrats, 67% in 2008 and 58% in 2012.
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10% of voters were Hispanic – 7% for Democrats
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71% of the Asian American population voted for Democrats in 2012.
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They accounted for 3% of the overall vote
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There were 3.2M votes for Obama and 900k for Romney.
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Account for 4.8% of the population in the USA.
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Native Americans account for 1% of the population.
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They make a fractional difference to the votes.
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Tend to vote Democrats aswell.
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It is clear that ethnic minorities have a large influence on election outcomes as it was clearly shown in 2012.
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