Random Thoughts

[Angrboda]

• The percentage of candidates who are white men is the lowest it’s been in the last four elections.
  
• More than a quarter of all the candidates running this year are female, including 84 women of color — a 42 percent increase from just two years ago. There are at least 215 candidates of color, and a record 26 openly L.G.B.T. candidates — more than five times the number in 2010.
  
• Among Democratic candidates, white men are actually a minority, making up just 41 percent of candidates for Congress and governor this year.
  
• Three in four Republican candidates are white men. In governor’s races this year, there are no black or Hispanic Republican candidates.
  
• Despite all the diversity, white men will remain a majority. Women and candidates of color will most likely make up close to a third of Congress and governor’s mansions next year, which is about the same as now. Winning all of the races that are considered competitive would increase their share to nearly 40 percent.
  

~ NYTimes, Lisa Lerer on Politics