The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

With each and every election, it appears as if the Republican Party is getting older and whiter. With the country becoming progressively more diverse, this could pose some serious problems for the future of the party if it doesn't try appealing to more than the cast from the film Cocoon . In the 2012 presidential election, the exit polls revealed that President Barack Obama won among the following groups of people: Blacks (93%), Hispanics (71%), voters under 30 (60%) and women (55%). Republican challenger Mitt Romney won among these groups: Whites (59%) and seniors (56%). Of the electorate, non-whites made up 28%, voters under 30 made up 19%, and women made up 53%. For Barack Obama, 56% of his voters were white and 44% non-white. For Governor Romney, 89% of his voters were white and 11% non-white. Like I said at the outset - with the electorate becoming progressively more diverse, the Republican Party is going to run into some serious problems in future elections unless it trie...