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pnwmom

(109,021 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:23 PM Mar 2020

About 4 in 10 Democrats are people of color vs. 13% of Republicans.

And people of color make up a large part of the Democratic "establishment."

So when Bernie slams the establishment, a lot of black and brown people -- who have worked hard to make it into the establishment -- take it personally.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/26/facts-about-democrats/

Democratic voters have become much more racially and ethnically diverse over the past two decades. The next generation of Americans will be the country’s most diverse yet. Democrats are changing to reflect the nation’s growing racial and ethnic diversity more quickly than Republicans. In 2017, 59% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters were non-Hispanic whites, down from 75% two decades earlier. The share of Democratic voters who are black, Hispanic, Asian American or of another race has increased from 24% to 39% over this period. Non-Hispanic whites made up an overwhelming share of Republican voters in 2017 (83%); in 1997, 92% of GOP voters were white non-Hispanics.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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About 4 in 10 Democrats are people of color vs. 13% of Republicans. (Original Post) pnwmom Mar 2020 OP
I still find it hard to believe so many are Pubs. I'm not going to claim the Dems have done a lot napi21 Mar 2020 #1
repub hatreds jibe with their hatreds, repub greed jibes with their greed etc? nt msongs Mar 2020 #2
 

napi21

(45,806 posts)
1. I still find it hard to believe so many are Pubs. I'm not going to claim the Dems have done a lot
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:29 PM
Mar 2020

for people of color, but I find it hard to find ANYTHING the Pubs have done...EVER. Why are they Pubs?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

msongs

(67,478 posts)
2. repub hatreds jibe with their hatreds, repub greed jibes with their greed etc? nt
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:39 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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