Just a little demographic timebomb

by digby

According to The Week, here’s a by-the-numbers look at who’s picking the Republican nominee:

9:
States that have held GOP caucuses or primaries so far

28 million:
Registered voters of all parties in those nine states

3 million:
Voters who have participated in these nine Republican contests

89:
Percent of registered voters who have not voted in the GOP contests

63.7:
Percent of U.S. population that is white

88:
Percent of U.S. population that was white in 1900

99:
Percent of 2012 Iowa caucusgoers who were white

89:
Percent of Iowans who are white

98:
Percent of South Carolina primary voters who were white

66:
Percent of South Carolina residents who are white

66:
Percent of South Carolina primary voters who were evangelical Christians

72:
Percent of South Carolina primary voters who were 45 or older

3:
Percent of Nevada’s registered voters who participated in the state’s Feb. 4 caucuses

5:
Percent of Nevada caucusgoers who were Latino

26:
Percent of Nevadans who are Latino

14:
Percent of Florida GOP primary voters who were Latino

23:
Percent of Floridians who are Latino

78:
Percent of Florida primary voters who were 45 or older

59:
Percent of Florida voters in the 2008 general election who were 45 or older

47:
Percent of GOP voters nationwide who are happy with their candidates, according to a PPP poll earlier this month

73:
Percent of Democrats who are happy with President Obama as their candidate

I guess they could pull this out. But it will take a major catastrophe.

Update: Uhm … well … yikes:

Unemployment could rise back to 9 percent of the U.S. population in Feburary according to a Gallup survey released Tuesday, painting a grim picture for the Obama Administration that had been temporarily buoyed by promising jobs figures at the end of January.

Gallup’s mid-month reading, which traditionally previews the government report issued at the end of the month, shows a rise of seven-tenths of a percentage from the 8.3 percent unemployment rate at the end of January. That would be the worst unemployment figure since September of last year.

The survey firm said seasonal factors – including job loss by seasonal workers hired over the holidays – could be responsible for the dip