Shocking Poll Results! Republicans Are Mostly White And Conservative
What next – are they going to tell me that Republican economic policies don’t work?
Gallup confirms what you already knew. The Republican party is mostly white (89%), while the Democratic party is more diverse (67% white). For comparison the racial composition of the U.S. is about one-third minority and two-thirds white. By 2050, whites will be the minority in the U.S.
The results show clearly that the Republican Party today is first and foremost a political entity dominated by white Americans. Eighty-nine percent of rank-and-file Republicans are non-Hispanic whites, leaving just 5% who are Hispanic (of any race), 2% who are black, and 4% of other races.
Further, by well over a 2-to-1 ratio, whites who identify as Republicans claim a conservative, rather than a moderate or liberal, ideology (or have no opinion when asked about their ideology).
Democrats have a significantly more diverse party composition. Well over a third (36%) of Democrats are nonwhite (Hispanic, or black or some other race) and the 64% of Democrats who are white are strongly skewed — by more than a 4-to-1 ratio — toward an ideological position that is moderate or liberal rather than conservative.
I would love to see this data also broken down by age and gender.
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Again, so how does Lou Dobbs help the Republicans?
The good news?
As moderates leave and the Republican party further distills down into a hard core mass of sulky, excuse-making losers I would expect the violent rhetoric and the outworking of that rhetoric to increase.
Stictly speaking, by 2050 whites will still be the majoritty race in the the US, making up 49% of the total cencus. Combined, all other racial groups will account for the remaining 51%.
For example, the fastest growing racial segment in the US are hispanics. If their numbers keep pace, they will account for 29% of total population by 2050.
That’s called a plurality, meatball.
Yes, the U.S. will have a “majority minority” nation, with whites as the plurality.
I think the message of the poll is that the Republican base will keep shrinking unless they find a way to appeal to minorities.
U. I. is correct. Minorities have a natural affinity for the GOP on many issues. This is where Steele will help in the long run. He will help the GOP to craft its message in a more inclusive way.
You dummy, don’t you see you belong with us just isn’t appealing.
Hint: having the African-American head of the Republican Party kissing racist Rush Limbaugh’s behind will not help with minority outreach.
David is correct — Hispanics, in particular, agree with the GOP on many social issues. That’s why this Sotomayor nomination can damage them if they handle it badly.
Minorities have a natural affinity for the GOP on many issues.
Read: Blacks don’t like gay marriage and Catholic hispanics don’t like abortion.
This is where Steele will help in the long run. He will help the GOP to craft its message in a more inclusive way.
To this I say, bring it on! The more Steele-craft maessaging coming out of the GOP the better!
You dummy, don’t you see you belong with us just isn’t appealing.
I guess being a minority within the GOP David is expressing the actual GOP policy regarding minority participation in the program. No doubt he feels this sentiment in most Klan…I mean SC DE GOP* meetings he attends.
*I know, the SC DE Dems have racists too.
Hispanics, in particular, agree with the GOP on many social issues.
On paper, maybe. Unfortunately, the GOP has poisoned that well by its handling of economic issues.
Maybe when the Dems fix the broken Republican economy again, Republicans can once again ride to power on social issues and tax cuts for the rich.
No, I think they poisoned that well with the anti-immigrant talk over the past couple of years. If you’ll recall, that’s the issue that kicked off the “Bush isn’t a real conservative” story line.
And I don’t think Hispanics will soon forget the wave of Republican-sponsored “English Only” bills in states and towns across America.
Or the RNC strategy to build its 2008 campaign around immigration, which failed when they argued among themselves over building a wall vs. amnesty and guest worker programs.
Or the snide racist comments about Mexicans and Spanish-speaking people that Hispanics can hear every day from conservative yahoos when they go out and about.
No doubt he feels this sentiment in most Klan…I mean SC DE GOP meetings he attends.
First, David is KENT County, so get your snark right.
Second, did you just infer that the entire SusCo GOP is racist by making that comparison to the Klan? Seriously, that may just be the most effed up thing I have witnessed you doing. It’s a nasty-assed charge that, when flung like throwing crap on a wall to see what sticks, only manages to diminish the very real issue of racism. I won’t argue the perception of the charge and the reality of the horrible tilt of percentages, but crap, Jason…the KLAN? Really?
Or the snide racist comments about Mexicans and Spanish-speaking people that Hispanics can hear every day from conservative yahoos when they go out and about.
Each major political party has their own conservative yahoos that stand on the intolerant end of this issue. Pretending that all Democratic members shit-don’t-stink is highly disingenious, especially when throwing around the race card like it was free candy.
I think anon is right. The GOP had already alienated Hispanics with their talk on the issue of immigration. The Sotomayor nomination I think can only hurt them and not help them.
The rhetoric from the intolerant within the Republican ranks…btw, have you noticed that most of them are has-beens or wanna-bees…will absolutely hurt the party, to that I 100% agree. There are legitimate issues to debate on her record, but her heritage, gender, anything that is a birth-right absolutely is immaterial to this debate on her becoming a member of the SCOTUS.
Yeah. I probably touched the line on that one. In my defense I would say that:
1) I did note that we have racists as well, and
2) there is bleed over into this comments from David’s assertion that the KC shooter was a lone mad man and not a part of a domestic terrorist cell. That is his comment that is pissing me off. I’m not great at compartmentalization.
Don’t forget that I haven’t chided you in a while, as well. If I don’t get that occassional release of pressure, I might explode. Thanks for assisting. 😛
On a side note, I did see that someone did a list (Newton or Nixon, maybe) of people (the intent was to expose them for being complicit jackazzes) who defend these nut-bags for being justified in their actions of harrass, harm, and destroy. Hey, wait a minute, wouldn’t that be terrorism?
Party of Abe….
….Simpson.