U.S. Whites More Solidly Republican in Recent Years

[ProSense]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/168059/whites-solidly-republican-recent-years.aspx

[ProSense]

1. Kick! n/t

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. Demographics

the population in 1990 was 80% non-Hispanic white. By 2000? 75%. 2010? 72%. That 1.9% decline in the Democratic share of the white vote, and the 3.5% increase in the Republican share of the white vote, are both far less than the relative decline of the white population as a whole.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

3. A total of 3.5%

It doesn't sound like a lot, but it can swing elections.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. What is a total of 3.5%? (nt)

[crimeariver1225]

6. probably the increase in Republican lean from Clinton years to Obama years.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

8. Yeah. Sorry I wasn't more explanative. N/T

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Motown_Johnny]

10. But the percentage of the electorate that is white has diminished

Which actually gives us more of an advantage than we had,







and as demographics continue to shift, we gain even more of an advantage

[crimeariver1225]

5. no surprise there. However, there are still 50% whites who DON'T vote Republican

They should have broken down by white male and white female. I didn't see that further break. That would be good info. I bet white males vote at least 10% more Republican than their white female counterparts.

[JI7]

9. romney actually got more white female votes

in 2008 i think palin was the reason republicans lost some of those voters and they went back to voting republican in 2012.

[spanone]

7. what's changed? oh yea, we don't have a completely white President.

although he's half caucasian.....

[Donald Ian Rankin]

11. 50% - 40% is hardly "solid". N.T.

[Boomerproud]

12. Not this white.

I'll never vote Republican, ever.