The ruling class
by digby
Via Mother Jones
If you turned out to vote in today's off-year general election, the chances are you voted for a bunch of white dudes. Not because you're racist. (Although you probably are.) But because the ballots are overflowing with white dudes.
The racial disparities exposed in the study might have been less stark if it had included elections in large cities, which tend to be more racially diverse than rural areas. But that still doesn't explain the wide gender gap.
But hey, there's no hurry to change it, amirite? Things will work out in the long run. Of course you know what they say about the long run ...
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