White men made up only 34% of the electorate Tuesday. And it drops about 1% every year

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/09/opinion/carville-buckwalter-poza-election/index.html

Carville: GOP routed by reality
By James Carville, CNN Contributor, and Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza, Special to CNN
updated 10:24 AM EST, Sat November 10, 2012

<snip>Tuesday night proved our 2009 selves could not have been more right. "Mid-20th century, white men made up half of the electorate," we wrote in 2009. "In 2008, white men made up only 36% of the electorate ... and their vote share is dropping by a percentage point a year."

Our only error was in slightly underestimating the rate at which white men's vote share is shrinking. White voters were 74% of voters in 2008; they were 72% this year. White men comprised just 34% of the electorate on Tuesday. snip

In 2009, we also commented on the Republicans' reliance on the far right and evangelical voters: "The shrinking Christian right leaves a void in the Republicans' collection of base groups—and they can't look to any growing groups to replace those votes."

[Flashmann]

1. 34% of the electorate

I fall into that demographic....I voted for the President.....Both times.....I voted straight Dem.....Every time,since 1972......So maybe the majority of that 34% are stupid and racist....Some of us are not.....

[rzemanfl]

2. Me too. From '68 on. eom

[WolverineDG]

3. And not all of those vote Republican

not a majority, but enough to really make it hurt next time around.....