The two, in fact, made roughly the same ethnic appeals (successfully to Jews and blacks, less so to Italians and Irish).

And after writing that, Mr. Ferrer found himself under attack in some quarters for what was seen as a heavy-handed ethnic appeal.

There were a couple of people who seized upon 'This is our moment' to say this is a raw ethnic appeal.

Andrew Cuomo's campaign seems to have little ethnic appeal.

Without actively seeking to broaden its ethnic appeal, the station, long considered "white," now has a 40 percent Latino audience.

He was a master of the ethnic appeal, though his "fusion" movement represented the flowering of 50 years of blueblood municipal reform efforts.

Some candidates skilfully combined political and ethnic appeals.

Indeed, the campaigns of both men included ethnic appeals or baiting.

Also waving fistfuls of endorsement dollars are companies like Titleist, which is looking for an identifiable superstar client, particularly one with ethnic appeal.

Both candidates reject ethnic appeals.