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Originally Posted by Rerun
Depends on what you define "ethnic voters" as. If I'm a 3rd generation Canadian from one of those "ethnic" countries (whatever that is), perhaps you're right. But I've been led to believe that 1st generation and perhaps even some 2nd generation Canadians tend to block vote.... which to me seems logical as they probably feel more comfortable voting for someone that comes from the same background that they do. New country, new customs, in some cases new language.. Why wouldn't they want to vote for someone more like them that has the same concerns they do?
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Because people of the same ethnicity don't all have the same concerns? And even to the extent that the majority of an ethnic group might have similar concerns, the studies that I have read, and common sense suggests (i.e., most black voters won't vote for Herman Cain, no matter how black he is), that those voters tend to vote as a bloc for the candidate or party which best addresses those concerns, not the candidate from their ethnicity (where they aren't the same of course.)