[InterceptPoint]

But as Judis writes now, that coalition has come apart. That's partly because of diminished support from millennials and Hispanics, but mostly because of additional white working-class defections and erosion among suburbanites unhappy with higher government spending and taxes.

He left out the fact that we are an aging population. Older folks are more conservative. The Dems realize this and know that the only thing they can do to counter this trend is to import new liberal voters from Mexico, the Middle East and Asia.

[IronJack]

diminished support ... mostly because of additional white working-class defections and erosion among suburbanites unhappy with higher government spending and taxes.

I suspect the sheer extremism of the Left's agenda -- homosexuality, America-hate, slovenly foreign policy, lies in place of real economic reform -- has also alienated some moderate Democrats. As well as the laughable -- and no longer defensible -- incompetence of their standard-bearer.

[Iron Munro]

This is a little premature.

The blue cities and blue states are becoming more and more democrat.

And the large cities in the red states are moving in that direction.

[Balding_Eagle]

Without the 17th Amendment, the Democrats would not have controlled the Senate as long as they did.

[freeangel]

” That’s partly because of diminished support from millennials and Hispanics, but mostly because of additional white working-class defections and erosion among suburbanites unhappy with higher government spending and taxes”

Darn all those RACISTS!

[BobL]

Sounds like he’s been reading my tag line for the past 2 months...

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

There was a clear cut Republican domination in this country from 1861 to 1933 which coincided with the biggest period of economic expansion in the nation’s history. Only Herbert Hoover’s mismanagement of what otherwise would have been a periodic economic and stock market correction enabled to the Democrats to have nearly one party control for more than a decade.

There was clear cut Democrat domination in this country from 1933 to 1953 which lead to the greatest period of government expansion in our history.

Since 1953 it has been pretty much even. Not that Republicans are perfect...they’re not...far from it. Hoover’s misguided response to the stock market correction proves that. However, the Democrats are FAR WORSE ON EVERY FRONT IMAGINABLE.

[thirst4truth]

That, plus a strategy of running candidates tailored to local political terrain, gave Democrats majorities in 2006 and 2008.

This is a false statement. Rohm Emmanuel, ran the congress reelection campaign those years as I recall and he got a bunch of moderate dems in with a sweep of hating R Bush. Then the next election or two, they were out on their asses as they voted like leftys in very R precincts.