WaPO: The GOP is the Party of Whites or Something

WaPo Local Columnist Courtland Milloy watched video of the Iowa GOP Caucuses and thought all the white faces must mean the GOP is the party of whites.

(WaPo) — Watching television coverage of the Republican caucuses in Iowa, I noticed that nearly everybody was white: white people smiling over coffee, white people applauding at candidate forums, white people singing praise songs at church. True, Iowa has so few blacks that it would probably take a hawk’s eye to spot one. But the GOP caucuses could have been held in any state, and the crowd would look the same.

Which made me wonder: In a country as large and diverse as ours, how is it that one of the two major political parties has become, in essence, a white people’s party?

Polls frequently note the overwhelming whiteness of the GOP, but they never quite explain it.

Here is an image of a Democrat Caucus in Iowa last night.

 

Here is an older image of president Obama addressing his supporters in Iowa.

I don't see any ethnic diversity among Obama supporters in Iowa either. According to the last Census, Iowa is only 2.9% black.