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In reply to the discussion: White males make up only 30% of the US population. [View all]bottomofthehill
(9,320 posts)12. According to the 2020 census
Whites make up 75 percent of the population. That is white hispanic, not white non Hispanic. If you want to wil elections, you have to target the largest population and get the most votes you can out of it. That does not mean pander to it but meet them where they are. There are plenty of democratic leaning white males. Instead of poking them in the eye, lets try to expand the base.
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Some of it is based on the realty they have had all the power for a very long time.
Irish_Dem
Aug 2024
#29
Words have actual meaning. Let's not water down the terror of an apartheid state
DFab420
Aug 2024
#18
If Donald Trump was a Democrat then yes, I would vote for the Republican.
bottomofthehill
Aug 2024
#24
I read that younger white men are turning away from the Democratic Party in greater numbers
TheRealNorth
Aug 2024
#26
in 2020 when counting multi racial people who identified as white the number rises to 71%
standingtall
Aug 2024
#48