Message from @🎃Boo-ton🎃
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Trump's base
Are those pluses and minuses in comparison to Romney in 2012
it's the margin of how Trump performed among these groups in 2016
the percentage represents the total amount of these groups among voters, right?
so whites are 71% of voters, then?
correct
if whites continue to have this high of turnout, then that has to count for something, right?
if Whites turnout like they did in 2016, we could win every election for at least a decade
well, we've got to make that happen, then
whites have always turned out more in the midterms than minorities
are there any stats for that, that could be interesting.
say no more, fam
compared w/ the presidential elections though
Well, that doesn't seem to be a good way of telling, white turnout among their own demographic is one thing, having data for whites among all voters, and their results in both the midterms and presidential would be what I'm looking for
in any case, this is interesting stuff, whites will always be the major demographic group in these elections
if we can get enough of the minority vote, maybe we'll be fine
oh you mean data that shows what percentage white voters composed of the electorate during midterms?
we'll never win the minority vote, but having 30-40% would be great
yeah that's what I meant
ok
while i look, here's one for racial composition by state during 2016,
>FL: Hispanics 15% of electorate
Damn
That's close to the black's percentages
found it,
apparently,
during 2014, Whites made up 75% of the electorate nationwide
And in 2012 and 2010?
Notice how _Asians_ vote +1 for the GOP that year
that gives context for a trend
Well, shit
A minority group voted for Rs at some point?
That speaks for potential
Asians used to be a reliable GOP base,
what changed was they all move to urban areas, where all racial groups trend blue