Question - what is the voting demographic for the South Carolina GOP primary?

[rurallib]

Iowa is a mostly white state. The videos I have seen of candidate appearances in Iowa have no people of any other color.
New Hampshire is, I believe quite similar to Iowa.
So when the GOP rolls into South Carolina this seems like the first place that really has some true diversity.
But is there diversity in the ranks of the GOP voters in SC?
The same question must be asked about Florida.

My question is, Are the GOP primaries essentially the white peoples primaries.

I do not mean to sound racially insensitive. It just seems that the way the GOP skews, that, de facto, they have become essentially a party aligned to one group.

[Scuba]

1. My guess: white, male property-owners. n/t

[blindpig]

2. In SC this is the case.

I attended a Bachman rally a few months ago for chuckles and estimated the crowd to be 99% white, excepting some Black evangelicals who were protesting because Bachman was not hard enough on gays. (please don't ask me to explain that). Same crowd was about 70-75% male and average age was around 60.(It was a work-time event and that may skewer the numbers)

[GoCubsGo]

3. South Carolina has an open primary.

The state GOP is heavily white. I don't know the actual numbers, but I dare say it's at least 90% white. The rest being non-whites, including a handful of blacks. The only black republican I know of is that teabagging Scott clown who represents the 1st House District.

Whether black Democrats decide to cross over and vote in the primary is another story. I have no idea what they or any other Dems plan to do. We also have a growing population of Hispanics here, and given the immigration issues, it would not surprise me if they decide to jump in and muddle things up.