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.