The Face of the Republican Party Today!

[Veritas]

Republicans also have more Latino and women govenors than the Dems. And yet, the old media keeps trying to pin charges of racism and lack of diversity on the Rep party. But it just isn't true!

 

[Marek]

I'm not racist; I have a black friend!

 

[Redac]

I'm not racist; I have a black friend!

Seriously, that's more or less what this looks like.

 

[Veritas]

You guys are too funny! All we ever hear is how the Dems have all these colors and the Reps are too lily white. So when it's demonstrated that it's really just a myth, you dig in your heels even more. Deny, deny, deny!

 

[Redac]

You guys are too funny! All we ever hear is how the Dems have all these colors and the Reps are too lily white. So when it's demonstrated that it's really just a myth, you dig in your heels even more. Deny, deny, deny!

Uh-huh. I'd say the polling of various demographics speaks much louder than "Look at all the minorities and women we put in! See?"

 

[Marek]

So when it's demonstrated that it's really just a myth...

Are you sure about that? Yes, there are more female and minority Republican governors, but there are also nearly 50 percent more Republican governors than Democratic governors. When you account for that, the proportions are nearly identical, plus, it's a quite small sample size. If you want to look at other elected officials, like female and minority representatives and senators, it's not even close.

But like Redac said, the demographics of the individuals that tend to vote one way or the other is what's really telling.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

But like Redac said, the demographics of the individuals that tend to vote one way or the other is what's really telling.

Yeah, voting based on race is a bad thing all around (and it's unfortunate that it still goes on). Voting for someone just because they're the same color as you is just is as unproductive as not voting for a person just because they're a different color than you.

If we counted all of the racist rednecks down south who'd refuse to vote for Obama because he's African American, and compared that to the number of African Americans that voted for Obama only because he was black, I suspect that they would cancel each other out.

If there was a white guy who was identical to Obama in every other way, I'd be interested to see how the voting demographics would've turned out.

I would suspect this white guy would've gotten less black votes than Obama, but more votes from poor white people from the south.

 

[Fantine]

The delegate group certainly didn't reflect that diversity.

In a poster with 20 faces, it's easy to find female, black, Hispanic and Asian faces. If we had a picture with all Republican Congressmen, Senators, and Governors, would the percentage of women, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians be much smaller?

Most importantly, do they still identify with and share the values of the ethnic group or gender they were born into?

If Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas were running for public office, for example, and I was black, I would vote for a one-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater before I'd vote for him.

 

[stamperben]

Looks like a sea of non-white faces to me...

Now granted, that was Ohio, but here's another one of an unknown state

Or here, try this one

Get the picture yet?

 

[acropolis]

Republicans are mostly white, and much whiter than the Democratic party:
Republican Base Heavily White, Conservative, Religious

 

[Fantine]

The Richmond Free Press obviously agrees with our assessment.

 

[EddyMabo]

Look we have women, blacks and other minorities in a jpeg! Clearly this beats wide spread quantitative demographic data. Forget those gosh darn myths about no diversity!

 

[SolomonVII]

The Identity Politics of the left exploit race for the benefit of electoral success. It is therefore the vested interest of leftist politics to create racism where none before existed.

It has been a very successful policy for the left in terms of getting elected. As for furthering the success of minorities and races, not so much.

 

[KarateCowboy]

The Identity Politics of the left exploit race for the benefit of electoral success. It is therefore the vested interest of leftist politics to create racism where none before existed.

It has been a very successful policy for the left in terms of getting elected. As for furthering the success of minorities and races, not so much.

Well said. The left, and Democratic Party in general, are more racist than people they accuse of being racist. Recently they played "Spot the Negro", watching footage of the RNC. The Dems are the party of official racism. I don't see how anyone with a conscience --Christian or otherwise, can support their racist platform.

 

[KarateCowboy]

The Richmond Free Press obviously agrees with our assessment.

You know, I'd be more concerned about the fact that you have no problem joining a party that promotes racism as a political platform.

 

[EddyMabo]

You know, I'd be more concerned about the fact that you have no problem joining a party that promotes racism as a political platform.

You should be concerned with the fact you confuse recognition of lack of diversity with racism.

 

[EddyMabo]

The Identity Politics of the left exploit race for the benefit of electoral success. It is therefore the vested interest of leftist politics to create racism where none before existed.

If by 'left' you actually mean the Democratic party then yes.

It has been a very successful policy for the left in terms of getting elected. As for furthering the success of minorities and races, not so much.

Historically minorities do slightly better under democratic governments.

 

[KarateCowboy]

You should be concerned with the fact you confuse recognition of lack of diversity with racism.

Promoting racism is officially part of the Democratic platform, so no I'm not confused about racism being racism.

Besides, 'diversity' advocacy is intrinsically prejudiced and bigoted.

 

[KarateCowboy]

Historically minorities do slightly better under democratic governments.

Erm, the USA has a republican government.

 

[tulc]

Well said. The left, and Democratic Party in general, are more racist than people they accuse of being racist. Recently they played "Spot the Negro", watching footage of the RNC. The Dems are the party of official racism. I don't see how anyone with a conscience --Christian or otherwise, can support their racist platform.

It's kind of adorable how you seem to be trying to use a some sort of Jedi mind trick. I just picture you sitting in front of your screen making that little gesture Obi Wan made when he said "These are not the droids you're looking for."



Been here?
Partisan Polarization Surges in Bush, Obama Years | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
If you scroll down to the "More Conservative Republicans, More Liberal Democrats" section you'll find this:

Demographically, Republicans remain overwhelmingly white and their average age now approaches 50. Fully 87% of Republicans are non-Hispanic whites, a figure which has changed little since 2000.


Meanwhile, the percentage of Democrats who say their political views are liberal has risen from 28% in 2000 to 34% in 2008 and 38% in 2012 surveys by the Pew Research Center. For the first time, there are as many liberal Democrats as moderate Democrats.


In contrast to Republicans, Democrats have grown increasingly diverse. A narrow majority of Democrats (55%) are non-Hispanic whites, down from 64% in 2000. As in recent years, most Democrats are women (59%). And while the average age of self-described Democrats has risen since 2008 – from 46.9 to 47.7 – Democrats continue to be younger than Republicans on average (47.7 vs. 49.7).

My thought? Forget the hand wave, drop the "Our Party that's 87% all white is much less racist then that Party made up of 45% non-whites!"
tulc(thinks he now understands why Republicans get so...cranky when people point out how few non white faces there are not on the stage at Republican functions, or another way of looking at it would be so few who "aren't in front of the cameras")