In a demonstration of the GOP’s continuing pigginess, the Republican National Convention shows they are the party of “white meat.” According to the Washington Post, only 1.5% of the delegates to the Republican National Convention were black:
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3 — Organizers conceived of this convention as a means to inspire, but some African American Republicans have found the Xcel Energy Center depressing this week. Everywhere they look, they see evidence of what they consider one of their party’s biggest shortcomings.As the country rapidly diversifies, Republicans are presenting a convention that is almost entirely white.Only 36 of the 2,380 delegates seated on the convention floor are black, the lowest number since the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies began tracking diversity at political conventions 40 years ago
While the GOP is at an all-time low, just the opposite is true among the Democrats… perhaps not surprising as Obama is the first black person to win the nomination of a major party. Quote the Joint Center:
African American participation at this year’s Democratic National Convention will be at an all-time high, with 1,079 African American delegates representing 24.3 percent of the total.
9+ years later, not much has changed for the GOP. Only worse:
Study: Political parties transformed by racial, religious changes
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/06/political-parties-religion-race-242322
“… early 3-in-4 Republicans, 73 percent, identify as white Christians …”