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In reply to the discussion: I do not need... Eurocentric feminists to dictate to me what I wear or shouldn't wear. [View all]ButterflyBlood
(12,644 posts)About equidistant from uptown and downtown. I'm aware they're not just in Somali neighborhoods, but if you look on Google maps, they do follow a similar pattern to the precincts. Somali cultural centers do as well.
The U of M dorms were definitely not a stronghold of support for the amendment (which should surprise no one): http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2012/11/youth-vote-s-overwhelming-opposition-doomed-marriage-and-voting-amendments
Yes this does include the Little Earth area, but compare that to Red Lake up north, and it's clear that while it might be relatively stronger for it than the rest of Minneapolis, it obviously wouldn't get a majority in that region based on the Native American population alone, especially as Minneapolis Natives would be more liberal than ones in a rural area. The only non-Somali factor I can see boosting it is the fundamentalist Assembly of God university North Central which is in the region, but doesn't have much influence outside its own precinct and wasn't even enough to tip its own to Romney.
Yes lots of Somalis clearly did vote no, as evidenced by the fact No got over 30% even in the Cedar Riverside area. I have no doubt the Somalis I saw at the election night victory party who were drinking what was very clearly alcoholic beverages also voted no. But to say they were as strong as the city in general against it is clearly and evidently false.