The contact hypothesis postulates that being near people of a different social group (e.g., race, class, sexual orientation, etc) … all Latinos (for example) when your neighbor is Latino and, damn it, you kind of like him.  Andrew Sullivan posted this figure: Jose at Thick Culture suggests that this could be evidence

5:48 PM Simon McGarr – To join in go to www.scribblelive.com or put #le09 at the end of your Twitter tweets. 8:57 AM marblefire – Tally for north sligo i came second thanks to every one 8:57 AM proinnsias – @ aoifac #LE09 dlr tally :RT @ eoinwilson FG 28.2%; FF 10.6%; PPB 22.8%; Lab 16.5%; GP 5.9%; SF 1