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Five most important issues affecting Virginia Muslims
according to recent VMPAC surveys:
County Level:
1. Anti-Immigrant Resolutions
2. Education
3. Support for Diversity
4. Cut in Social Services
5. Traffic Congestions
State Level:
1. Anti-Immigrant Resolutions
2. Support for Diversity
3. Payday Lending
4. Cut in Social Services
5. Traffic Congestions
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The
first Muslim PAC in Virginia, Platform for Active Civic Empowerment
(PACE), created a database from the State Board of Elections (SBE)
voter file of Muslim voters in Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Alexandria,
Arlington, Loudoun and Prince William) in 2003 consisting of 41
thousand voters.
After consolidation of Muslim PACs under the name VMPAC in 2005, a new
database was created from the SBE voter file. This time, all of
Virginia was considered. While Northern Virginia had over 44 thousand
Muslim voters, over 7 thousand voters were identified from the rest of
the Commonwealth. The newly completed 2007 voter roll shows over 56
thousand and almost 9 thousand voters for those respective areas.
Incidentally, while Fairfax County remains the largest concentration
Muslim voters in Virginia, Prince William County has experienced the
fastest growth rate.
Here
are total number of Muslim voters by county in Northern Virginia and
the rest of the Commonwealth: |
|
YEAR
|
2003 |
2005
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2006 |
2007 |
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Fairfax |
16,772
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17,374 |
18,496 |
19,873
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Alexandria |
6,753 |
7,047 |
7,482 |
7,814 |
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Arlington |
3,867 |
3,971 |
4,170 |
4,387 |
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Loudoun
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8,193 |
9,637 |
11,969
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12,854
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Prince William
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5,417 |
6,571
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9,772 |
11,202 |
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NoVA
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41,002 |
44,600 |
51,889 |
56,130
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Other VA
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NA |
7,221
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7,754
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8,952
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TOTAL
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NA
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51,821 |
59,643
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65,082
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Below is a PDF document showing the ISSUES
and STATISTICS regarding Virginian Muslim voters
Issues & Stats
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