Friday, January 7, 2011

White Flight

Ronald Brownstein, writing in National Journal, reports that the 2010 election saw record numbers of whites voting Republican. Meanwhile Gallup reports finding essentially the same results in their recent polling.

You can spin this finding in several very different ways. Way one: The Democrats have done little to attract white voters, and instead showed a strong bias in favor of minorities. Way two: The Republicans have done little to attract minority voters, and instead showed a strong bias in favor of whites. Way three: Party platforms and ideologies appeal to different groups, it's daddy party vs. mommy party. Way four: Ethnic cleansing in the Democrat Party is driving out the whites (I hope I'm joking). Way five: Minorities don't want to be in a party with lots of whites. Etcetera.