[lbo-talk] news flash: GOP made up of white thumpers

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Sep 1 13:26:38 PDT 2010


http://www.gallup.com/poll/142826/Republicans-Remain-Disproportionately-White-Religious.aspx

About 9 out of 10 Republicans are non-Hispanic whites, and more than half of these are highly religious. That compares with 62% of the Democratic rank-and-file that is white and largely less religious, with blacks and Hispanics making up a much more substantial part of that party's base....

[Note: the white and religious are an ever-shrinking share of the US pop]



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