Here is some information that is more objective than my impressions: Pecos, NM is 80.08% Hispanic. Of those who vote 75.95% are Democrats and 21.04% are Republican while 3.02% are independent. The population in 2000 was 1,441.
Santa Fe's corresponding numbers are 71.99% Democratic, 24.01% Republican and 4% independent. In 2010 the population was 67,947 of whom 48.7% were Hispanic. I guess Republicans are more likely to put up signs in Pecos. Either that or my perceptions are biased. The only Pecos resident that I know who posts on the Friam list is Gary Schiltz but then he moved to Ecuador a couple of years ago. He is not Hispanic. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 wimber...@gmail.com wimbe...@cal.berkeley.edu Phone: (505) 995-8715 Cell: (505) 670-9918 -----Original Message----- From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Spinden Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 10:34 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Expanding the Debate Mann and Ornstein suggest mandatory voting would improve the process by reducing the incentive to cater to minorities with strongly held beliefs. Joe On 10/8/12 10:09 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > I am not a Hispanic New Mexican but my maternal grandmother was. I > did live with those grandparents in a small Hispanic village in New > Mexico for the first two years of my life and spent summers with them > until I was a university student. In any case, I haven't said > anything about the presidential race on the Friam list. I was in > Pecos yesterday; it is more Hispanic than Santa Fe, I believe. > Whereas you see more signs for Obama and Democrats in Santa Fe, you > see relatively more Republican-supporting signs in Pecos. Somehow > Republicans have been able to persuade many less affluent people that > they serve their interests. I suppose this is based on "family values" type arguments or by pandering to religious fundamentalism. > > > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > wimber...@gmail.com wimbe...@cal.berkeley.edu > Phone: (505) 995-8715 Cell: (505) 670-9918 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On > Behalf Of Sarbajit Roy > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 12:29 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Expanding the Debate > > 1) I am a "pure" ("acharya") Brahmin. This means that we marry > endogamously to ensure that chromosomes like Genghis Khan's do not > enter our genetic code,. > > 2) Previously we followed our own variation of Genghis Khan genetic > propagation by the practice of "Kulinism". This allows a dominant gene > (initially small in numbers) to stamp itself on a "lower" population > using hierarchial polygamy. Islam has the same concept. Apparently the > LDS / Mormons use the same method. My faith was instrumental in > eradicating this pernicious practice from India. > > http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54026798-78/lds-religious-church-lar > gest.h > tml.csp > http://www.ambedkar.org/books/dob9.htm > > 3) It seems that just under half of New Mexico's pop. is Hispanic/Latino. > Isn't it a pity their POVs on Prez elections / US democracy aren't > heard on FRIAM, as they have been ignored since the Treaty of > Guadalupe Hidalgo and Articles IX and XI therein > > On 10/6/12, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: >> Sarbajit - >>> Only 1 in 200 men are descended from Genghis Khan. >>> http://www.cell.com/AJHG/retrieve/pii/S0002929707605874 >> OK... so I was being hyperbolic... the point is that you (and I) are >> more likely (statistically) to be descended from Gangly Khan than >> evil Kingly John... unless of course, I become President in which >> case all bets are off. >> >> I am not. >> >> You've verified that? I haven't a clue for myself. >> >> > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe > at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at > http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe > at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at > http://www.friam.org > -- "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." -- Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1913. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
