On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote:
> I'd never imagine that having a common language would necessitate a single > perspective on anything. That said, it's been pretty clear in recent > presidential elections that Latino voters are overwhelmingly Democrat. > > http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/11/07/latino-voters-in-the-2012-election/ > > From what I've read, as a voting constituency, they grow ever more > important. > The trend of Hispanics toward the Democratic Party is recent. within the last 10 years or so. Before that they were considered reliably Republican because of high Catholic Church membership and following the church on social policy. Demographically the Republicans are becoming less popular among those who are not middle aged or elderly white males. > > > And while Trump may play well in New Hampshire, it's not exactly full of > hispanic voters (3.2% according to census.gov). > > So while I appreciate that Cubans in Florida are very different to > Mexicans in California, my point is that as business decision, a network > would think very carefully before signing on for a TV special affiliated > with a man who's not in its audience's natural constituency at the best of > times, and is currently somewhat toxic in terms of racial stereotyping. > The problem is that the contract was already signed before Trump shot his mouth off. And if he says the same things without being a presidential candidate maybe it goes under the radar. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
