Meanings of minority votes in English

Republican-controlled state legislatures have been actively trying to suppress minority votes.

The voter ID campaign aimed at suppressing minority votes.

Voting rights groups and prominent Democrats have accused the Republican of using his position to suppress minority votes, an allegation he has strongly denied.

Clearwire, which has announced support for the Sprint deal from 26 percent of the minority votes, declined to comment specifically on the shareholder backlash.

Several large minority shareholders, including Crest Financial, which owns about 8 percent of the minority votes, vehemently oppose the Sprint bid, saying it undervalues Clearwire.

There has been much interest in the "Asian vote" since the 2010 general election - when Labour secured 68% of ethnic minority votes.