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Democrats Benefit From Shift in Muslim Voters Allegiance
By Charles Hoskinson, CQ Staff
Muslim Americans, many of whom gave President Bush enthusiastic support in his first election campaign in 2000, have largely fled the Republican Party and could help Democrats win key states this November.
In surveys over the past six years, Muslims have cited administration policies in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq as reasons why GOP candidates no longer appeal to them.
The surveys by the polling firm Zogby International and the Pew Research Center show how dramatic the shift has been: In the 2000 election, 42 percent of Muslim-American voters surveyed said they had voted for Bush, 31 percent for former Vice President Al Gore and 12 percent for Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. In 2004, just 14 percent voted for Bush, while 71 percent chose Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
We can intuit that the Republican Party has lost a lot of goodwill among Muslims, said pollster John Zogby.
Muslims comprise less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, or about 3 million people, according to the most reliable estimates. But most Muslim registered voters are concentrated in key states that both parties need for electoral success in 2008: New York, New Jersey, Texas, California, Michigan, Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania.
For the Muslim community, the choice of voting Republican is becoming narrower by the minute, Hossain said.
The shift in voting patterns concerns Norquist, who sees the problem with Muslims as mirroring the partys loss of support among Hispanics over the contentious issue of illegal immigration.
He said Republicans have not adequately policed their ranks to discourage bigots and cool the heated rhetoric Muslims take as a lack of respect. Party leaders need to make sure policy proposals focus on real terrorism threats and do not smear an entire community, he said.
You dont do guilt by association, he said. There needs to be more discipline. The saving grace for Republicans is that Democrats pull that crap, too.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002676033
I'm scratching my head on the huge Muslim concentration in Texas. Lol.
You all probably need to take a remedial american politics class. The total number of muslims don't matter as much as their electoral distribution.
500,000 Cuban americans in florida commonly dictate who's going to be president.
And the Senate today is in Democratic hands because of 60,000 muslim american votes in virginia.
But, by all means: I have no problem if your party becomes the party of angry white men. Keep smearing hispanics and muslim americans. Cheers.
The anti-immigration stance taken by the conservatives will cost the GOP big time in the coming years amongst Hispanics.
The anti-immigration stance taken by the conservatives will cost the GOP big time in the coming years amongst Hispanics.
Sure thing, lets just abolish immigration laws all together. Hell lets dismantle border patrol and eliminate guards and inspections at our borders.
Moron.
