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In reply to the discussion: Latest polls show too much movement toward Trump from minorities [View all]Pototan
(1,242 posts)24. Certainly true about Filipinos
Filipinos all have Hispanic names, which dates back to 500 years of Spanish occupation. Filipinos can look Asian or Spanish.
But if you think most Americans can tell the difference from race, you'd be mistaken.
My wife was accosted twice in East Boston and shouted at because the assholes thought she was Chinese and brought covid to America. This is beside the fact she is a Filipina American citizen who lived in the US for twenty years at the time.
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there are lots ways they can chip away to win. POC voters, pro Palestinian voters, some Zionist voters
mucifer
Mar 20
#2
I think that, if we're lucky, Republicans will just do what they always do and cross some line
Baitball Blogger
Mar 20
#4
Black men are the most likely to vote for the orange plague, more than my fellow black women, but Joy Reid had a black
Celerity
Mar 20
#8
Think things will improve closer to election, but I remember being shocked when I
Silent Type
Mar 20
#6
Well I agree with doing all we can to help Biden no matter what the polls say...
Think. Again.
Mar 20
#18
Do you think if Trump was president, Democrats wouldn't be blaming him for inflation?
MichMan
Mar 25
#57
Unless the polling is specific to that minority group, it's pretty useless imo
All Mixed Up
Mar 20
#22
Hillary said the national polls were slightly more accurate in 2016 than in 2012.
betsuni
Mar 25
#48
Can't be helped. Not voting for Democrats, that's what they want for whatever reason.
betsuni
Mar 25
#46