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In reply to the discussion: Is DU more or less diverse than the Democratic Party? (updated OP) [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)in the Dem party here would be the gay population which is very vocal and gay members are very open about their sexuality.
In terms of race, this place is abysmal and has been for so long.
DU is very white, very male and very insular which to be honest, makes it also very insignificant and removed from the Dem party. If a place doesn't in any way, shape or form represent the groups that it supposedly supports, then it's done nothing but make itself irrelevant and completely useless, which is why so much of the posting here looks like this: 
I have no doubt this is why people howl so hard whenever Cali_Democrat posts the polls that show what the TRUE Democratic base is thinking/doing. Because the true Democratic base is not here and it's easy to forget that whenever so many of the posts here do the "Democrats let me down" or "Democrats are the same as Republicans" dance.