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I invite you to read the article I posted before commenting next time. I also invite you to understand that 33% in politics is a huge minority. 67% of Hispanic

I invite you to read the article I posted before commenting next time. I also invite you to understand that 33% in politics is a huge minority. 67% of Hispanics voting Democrat, in an election, make the Democrats the clear winner of that particular demographic. Finally, the "rich" are the top 10%, or 1%, or even 0.1% based on what particular income inequality chart you're looking at, leaving the entire bottom >=90% available for the demographics I mentioned.

refurb 12y ago
33% Hispanic and 44% women (I noticed you didn't address that), don't constitute "mostly white and mostly male".
- themartorana 12y ago
  I said the Republican and Tea Parties are predominantly white male. When you show me that minority amounts of women and minorities voted Republican, it only reinforces my point that the Republican and Tea Party bases are predominantly white and male.
  - refurb 12y ago
    You and I have different interpretations of minority. Apparently 44% women is regarded as a "small share"?!?
    - themartorana 12y ago
      Statistically speaking, that's a 12 point spread - 44% and 56%. Indeed, that's huge in politics. Most modern Presidential elections are won with 52-53% of the popular vote at best. [0] Hispanics, as you noted, are over a 30 point spread. So politically speaking, having only 44% of the female vote and still winning requires a very large (political) majority of voters voting Republican to be male. Add to that age, and again we're seeing clearly that old white men are the key demographic. [1] It's not that you and I see percentages differently. It's the political significance of the margins that define the argument. [0] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_preside... [1] http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/11/05/as-gop-celebrates-win-no-sign-of-narrowing-gender-age-gaps/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/11/05/as-gop-celeb...

refurb 12y ago

33% Hispanic and 44% women (I noticed you didn't address that), don't constitute "mostly white and mostly male".

themartorana 12y ago
I said the Republican and Tea Parties are predominantly white male. When you show me that minority amounts of women and minorities voted Republican, it only reinforces my point that the Republican and Tea Party bases are predominantly white and male.
- refurb 12y ago
  You and I have different interpretations of minority. Apparently 44% women is regarded as a "small share"?!?
  - themartorana 12y ago
    Statistically speaking, that's a 12 point spread - 44% and 56%. Indeed, that's huge in politics. Most modern Presidential elections are won with 52-53% of the popular vote at best. [0] Hispanics, as you noted, are over a 30 point spread. So politically speaking, having only 44% of the female vote and still winning requires a very large (political) majority of voters voting Republican to be male. Add to that age, and again we're seeing clearly that old white men are the key demographic. [1] It's not that you and I see percentages differently. It's the political significance of the margins that define the argument. [0] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_preside... [1] http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/11/05/as-gop-celebrates-win-no-sign-of-narrowing-gender-age-gaps/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/11/05/as-gop-celeb...