1.0 link 209764 <![CDATA[GOP Dominated By White Conservatives: Gallup Poll]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/01/poll-finds-gop-is-dominat_n_209764.html As the GOP struggles to define itself in the face of its own considerable image problems, a new poll indicates that the Republican party's base fundamentally lacks diversity.

The poll, released today by Gallup, shows that a staggering 89% of the GOP is white, and that 63% identify as conservatives. It is, in the words of the poll's author, "first and foremost a political entity dominated by white Americans."

In contrast, the poll found that around 36% of Democrats...

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