Isn't it sad how in American politics, we can determine elections based on numbers from specific racial groups?
I can't think of another country in the world besides s.africa where our political parties are basically homes for specific demographic groups.
As a foreigner that's one of the very strangest things about American politics.
Unlike the red avatars on this board, I think both parties are to blame. Democrats benefit when they convince minorities that it's us vs them on many issues, from voter id to welfare reform to guns, etc. Republicans benefit when they convince whites that new social programs are taking money from them to give to blacks, mexicans, etc.
I mean, for all the talk about republicans being bad among minorities, democrats got like 37% of the white vote in 2014. Considering that whites still make up a hefty hefty majority of the coutnry, that's a pretty low number.
the labor party in england, the SPD in germany, the PS in france, etc do MUCH better with whites than the democratic party.
