abcnews.go.com — In this year's presidential race, a crowd at an Obama public event often looks like a Benetton ad, compared to a McCain event, where the crowds are overwhelmingly white. Members of the country's largest minority groups are predominantly Democratic. 90 percent of registered Republicans are white.
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blankverseAug 18, 2008Submitter
What else in America is 90% of white (except Country Music)? I doubt that even NASCAR fans are 90% white.Yes, Howard Dean made a slip of the tongue, but he was also telling the truth. The Republican party is whiter and older than America as a whole, and the demographics of the US are not in their favor. Based on the candidates that they are fielding for major statewide offices, they are actually getting whiter! If they don't change, they will slip eventually into irrelevancy.
aussiejanAug 18, 2008
Isn't it about time that somebody was elected who wasn't old and white? I understand there are other people who live in the US besides old, white men. And if I may speak for the citizens of the Rest Of The World, we are so sick of the sight of the old, white guy you have running the show now that we'd love a complete change.Obama '08