GOP primary turnout is 98% white (in a state where 28% of registered voters are black)

[kpete]

Courtesy of Sullivan’s liveblog, an eye-splitter of a poll number: the GOP primary turnout is 99% white. That’s in a state where 28% of registered voters are black.

CHECK THIS OUT:
8.11 pm. In a state where African-Americans make up 28 percent of the electorate and 1 percent of the voters in the primary today. That's him above. But what an indictment of a party that in a diverse state, 99 percent of the voters were white.
Look at this:
CHART
http://dailydish.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e2016760e725bd970b-800wi

more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012/south-carolina-primary-jan-21/exit-polls

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. I'm wondering if they always leave their hoods in the car. nt

[Quantess]

2. Hmm... are there no asians in SC?

Wondering.

[TexasTowelie]

4. Just the governor.

[joshcryer]

5. If you click the link it's actually 98% white 1% black 1% other.

I just closed it but I don't know who did the polling, if it was a right wing institute or what. But it seems updated to from when that screenshot was taken.

[Quantess]

7. ok.

[kpete]

23. that was me

to reflect the 1% that was not white or black?

[JI7]

8. i saw a couple Black guys at a gingrich event and there was a pic with a guy in a Turbin

Sikh turbin.

i guess Gingrich won the minority vote with those 3. and Romney got 1 with the Gov.

[Fearless]

11. There were 54,622 "Asians" recorded in 2008 living in South Carolina.

4479800 people in total (2008) = 1.22% of the state's population.

[Rozlee]

17. Heh. The Hispanic population surged by over 400% in South Carolina from the mid 1990s

to the mid 2000s. Since 1964, when conservative Southern white Dixiecrats and Republicans voted almost in bloc against the Civil Rights Act, African-Americans have always voted Democrat by over 90%. 76% of Asians polled voted for Obama. 68% of Hispanics did. Doesn't look good for Rethugs this year or the future with minority voters. In a country that will be almost a third minority, biracial or multi-racial within 30 years, they'd better learn how to tone down on the race-baiting. But, until this teabagger generation dies out in another fifteen years or so, I don't see it happening. Oh! On a side note, this year's crop of losers doesn't poll well with women either, especially Newt.

[marmar]

18. The country is already a third minority......

Within 30 years it will be 50 percent.

• Non-Hispanic White
196,817,552[4]
63.7% of the total U.S. population in 2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_American

[Rozlee]

19. Gotcha.

[joshcryer]

3. WOW, not just that, but look at the "True Conservative" stat for Romeny. 2%.

TWO PERCENT.

Man he polls bad.

[Tx4obama]

6. So, are the other 27% Democrats? n/t

[nxylas]

10. Pretty much

African-Americans in SC are as loyal to the Democratic Party as white South Carolinians are to the GOP.

[dawg]

33. Much more so.

There are plenty of white SC Democrats.

[nxylas]

40. Depends how you define "plenty"

They certainly exist, but they're very much in the minority. I'm sure pretty much all South Carolinian DUers have experienced that awkward "do I say anything or do I keep quiet?" moment when a casual acquaintance just *assumes* that you're a racist TeapubliKKKan like them and all their buddies.

[MADem]

9. I am not at all surprised. It tells us all we need to know. nt

[eppur_se_muova]

12. I am shocked ... shocked ...

[sakabatou]

13. Not surprised.

[ScottLand]

14. I guess ALL of those black tea party members stayed home then.

[cheapdate]

21. Don't be siily.

Fox News is the most irresponsible, un-ethical, brazenly biased news channel of all the major television news networks. Everyone with a functioning brain capable of critical thought knows this. Fox News is a mix of facts, half-truths, distortions, smears, and outright lies. An intelligent person can distinguish the difference. There is nothing wrong with linking to a Fox News source, or any source for that matter. We (liberals, progressives, Democrats, etc.) are capable of considering the credibility of the source and making rational judgments.

[cheapdate]

30. What I find odd

is moving from a particular, KPete's link to Fox, to a whole series of generalizations; all linked together into a dubious argument of ever increasing irrelevancy.

[cheapdate]

36. Your plea for some kind of "group consistency"

is unrealistic. DU is made up of individuals with myriad different views. And anyway, moving the discussion from something real and specific, i.e. the real action of a named person, KPete, to a formless condemnation of a fictional, impersonal, generalized opponent is vague to the point of uselessness.

What are you proposing? That unless everyone on DU stops commenting on their lack of interest in Fox News and their decision not to watch, or follow Fox News, that somehow KPete is bound to refrain from linking to Fox?

I'm confused by your point, and I don't want to put words into your mouth, so please clarify, if you wish.

[cheapdate]

39. And another thing...

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I'll speak for myself, thank you. And speaking for myself, your proposition regarding a hypothetical and unnamed person posting a hypothetical message about blue raccoon shit is, frankly speaking, rubbish. And your self-congratulatory affirmation "You know it's true" is a false presumption.

Your point, stripped of the silliness, would seem to be your observation that some DU members (not otherwise specified) are, in your view, sycophants, and that KPete and/or other DU members (not otherwise specified) are somehow obligated to not link to Fox, owing to the fact that some other DU members (not otherwise specified) have expressed a disdain for watching or reading any material from Fox.

I've twisted my head too much trying to understand this. Explain this to me more clearly, if you wish, otherwise, continue your quest to be a voice for group consistency at DU. Good luck with that.

[JoePhilly]

24. Its probably wrong. Actually percentage was probably 100%.

[JJW]

16. Haters' vote

So Newt won by appealing to white Republican bigoted haters.

[Hoyt]

20. I think vote shifted when Gingrich "put Juan Williams in his place." SC Republicans love that crap.

Gingrich is a bigot who attracts bigots. I know most Republicans are, but Gingrich is particularly vile.

[AlbertCat]

22. Hey... It's the "Party of Lincoln" after all.

[The Straight Story]

25. Probably because most of them are smart enough to not vote for R's (nt)

[L. Coyote]

27. I also saw a report with 99% white voters in the clown car race.

[GETPLANING]

28. The spin from the right

will be that black voters is South Carolina are racist for not voting in the Republican primary.

[itsrobert]

34. Or they were all in line for food stamps

n/t

[Odin2005]

29. SC has been the most racist state since the begining of the country.

Before the Civil War SC was the state most ideologically committed to Slavery. it is the point of origin of the culture of the Deep South, founded by Barbados slave lords.

[Major Hogwash]

42. And was the first state to secede to start the Civil War.

Which by the way, President Obama will be the President of the United States for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in 2015.

Other than that, South Carolina has women who can make great pecan pies and they have the nicest accents you have evah heard in your life.

[Generic Other]

32. This is always worth remembering

They are a self-selecting group of morans.

[coasterfrank]

35. We can do better than this

"8.11 pm. In a state where African-Americans make up 28 percent of the electorate and 1 percent of the voters in the primary today." Is this an incomplete sentence or just an incomplete thought?

[SmittynMo]

37. What a waste of time.

Just another reason not to even have a primary. They are just a waste of time. All the hype,,,,,,,,, FOR NOTHING!!! It means nothing if it cannot reflect accurate numbers. Slanted numbers are useless. The only thing accomplished is we found out there is yet, a different winner. Let's see, 3 states, 3 different people. The GOP is a friggin mess. I'll say it again. Whatever GOP failure they come up with, they will NEVER beat Obama.

[Cleita]

38. Is this one of the states that has disenfranchised minority voters with

voter ID rules, etc.?

[Marnie]

41. If republican are not racists why would they not want to attract a quarter of the states voters?

[Beacool]

43. Why is this a surprise?

Most AA are Democrats.

[Turbineguy]

44. The results of the poll are pretty pathetic.

But then again, we are talking about Fox News viewers.