Tuesday, February 21, 2012

A Non-Story

An article in Yahoo News attempts to make a big deal out of the fact that most GOP primary voters are older and white. Is this news or somehow evil? No, it is the result of choices made.

Most young people and minorities vote Democratic if they vote. Historically, large numbers of both groups choose not to vote, particularly in primary elections or caucuses.

Therefore we should be surprised if large numbers of the young and minorities were voting in GOP primaries and caucuses. What the story reports is exactly what we would expect, a priori. Therefore it is not news.

As the LEOs say in cop shows, "Move along folks, nothing to see here."