Almost 40% of Democratic delegates are minorities

[Sandpiper]

While Bush is pandering for minority votes, now is as good a time as ever to ask the question, "which party looks like America, and which party looks like a country club full of old white men?" Dems have diversity, wingnuts have tokens


WASHINGTON July 7, 2004 — Minorities will be represented in record numbers among the delegates to this month's Democratic National Convention in Boston, convention organizers said Wednesday.

Nearly 40 percent of the more than 4,300 delegates are of a minority background, including record numbers of blacks, Asians, American Indians and Hispanics, the Democratic National Convention Committee said.

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According to Germond, the 2004 delegation breaks down this way:

Blacks: 20.3 percent, up from 20 percent in 2000.

Asian/Pacific Islander: 3.9 percent, up from 3 percent.

Hispanic: 11.3 percent, up from 9 percent.

American Indian: 1.7 percent, up from 1 percent.


http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040707_1775.html

[MuseRider]

1. I was so happy

watching the coverage. If you looked at the delegates it looked just like America. A bunch of different people, dressed normally under the silly hats having a wonderful time together.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Don't tell this guy:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2068580

[demosincebirth]

3. At the republican convention...

we will see the usual token minorities and the networks will probably focus on them to show how diverse the repugs are.

[Bandit]

4. But is forty percent of America minority?

I would say there is a little overcompensation going on but I have no problem with that. We are a very diversified party and it is our strongest feature.

[Sandpiper]

5. America is 68% white, 32 % minorities

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