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In reply to the discussion: Politico: "Bernie's army in disarray" Our Revolution flailing, poor fundraising, candidates losing [View all]Sophia4
(3,515 posts)But I just received a campaign ad attacking the Asian candidate for governor of California. It was not printed and mailed by Bernie supporters. I don't know who printed and mailed it, but it is vicious.
Let's reduce the amount of negative advertising in campaigns overall. I'm not surprised that Muslim precinct chairs in your district, Gothmog (of whom there must be many in Fort Bend Texas), would be upset about this.
As of the census[20] of 2000, there were 354,452 people, 110,915 households, and 93,057 families residing in the county. The population density was 405 people per square mile (156/km²). There were 115,991 housing units at an average density of 133 per square mile (51/km²). The racial or ethnic makeup of the county was 56.96% White (46.21% White Non-Hispanic), 19.85% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 11.20% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 9.10% from other races, and 2.56% from two or more races. 21.12% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Other self-identifications were 8.8% of German ancestry, 6.3% American and 5.8% English ancestry according to the 2000 United States Census.
In 2006 Fort Bend county had a population of 493,187. This represented a growth of 39.1% since 2000. The county's racial or ethnic makeup was 53.96% White (39.63% White Non-Hispanic), 20.88% African American, 14.77% Asian, 0.51% Native American, 7.73% other races and 2.14% from two or more races. 22.88% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 23.82% of the population was foreign born; of this, 50.24% came from Asia, 37.17% came from Latin America, 5.74% from Africa, 5.28% from Europe and 1.57% from other parts of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas#Demographics