OUT: REPUBLICANS ARE DEMOGRAPHICALLY DOOMED BECAUSE THEY RELY ON WHITE VOTERS. In: Hey, you know, there are actually a lot of white people out there voting. “Given that whites still make up about three-quarters of the voters in the nation and will likely be the clear majority for decades to come, there is every reason to believe that whites will have a real say in who governs.” Democrats’ crude racial appeals to minorities may even encourage whites to vote with more race-consciousness than in the recent past.