2/ then racial issues aren't dividing large portions of the electorate (smaller racial differences like Southern whites vs. Northern whites
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3/ notwithstanding--those are much smaller differences genetically and politically than between, say, whites and meztizos).The Hillary vs.
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4/ Bernie race is a great illustration--white Democrats favor Bernie, but nonwhites strongly favor Hillary. The racial division even within
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5/ the Democratic party is remarkable. Since the Democratic electorate is about half nonwhite today, the nominee will be end up being
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6/ Hillary.Many Bernie voters wonder why blacks don't vote for Bernie--his policies are just as favorable to them, right? White Bernie
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7/ supporters, who think of themselves as anti-racist allies, are put in the difficult position of either being paternalistic toward blacks
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8/ ("I know better than they do what's good for them--Bernie.") or of not caring about black preferences and therefore being bad allies.The
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9/ increasing nonwhite percentage in the Democratic party (due to the increasing nonwhite % in the country as a whole) means that whites
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10/ will be less and less influential there over time. As white voters notice that they are unable to get their favored candidates elected
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11/ in the Democratic party, they will inevitably shift toward the Republican party. Here is exit polling data since 1952 (year, white
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