Posted on 04/30/2015 9:50:49 AM PDT by pabianice
British Muslims could have the decisive vote in a quarter of constituencies, analysis shows.
In 159 of the 632 seats, the number of Muslims is greater than the margin of victory in 2010.
And this is true among almost half the 193 marginal seats, according to the Henry Jackson Society, which has carried out the first study of the religious breakdown of each seat.
There are also 51 constituencies where the number of Hindus is larger than the winning majority five years ago.
In addition, there are 15 constituencies, all marginal, where the number of Buddhists is greater than the margin of victory and 13 constituencies where the number of Jewish voters is greater.
The HJS, a think-tank, said that, as a result, Britain’s minority religions have the potential to exert a huge influence on the election result.
Executive director Alan Mendoza said: ‘You can suddenly see the changing patterns in terms of religious minority, majority and non-affiliation, and how that plays out on the political landscape.
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“We’re in some pretty sh*t now!”
The Muslims will put the Queen into a burka soon
That’s why, even though he is derided as a Jew by the UK ROP’ers, Ed Milliband still has to proclaim he will “outlaw Islamophobia” if elected.
Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel to be elected....
So what? You could doubtless say the same of the number of cyclists, bird-watchers or pot-smokers. It doesn't mean that cyclists, bird-watchers, pot-smokers or Muslims are each going to vote in one bloc: and even if they did, it doesn't follow that they would decide the outcome, since in marginal seats by definition there are many swing voters who change their vote in every election.
It makes a good headline but it's a pretty meaningless statistic.
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