Of course the electorate was different back in 1980. Today we have more 3rd world immigrants for example. In 1980, CA went for Reagan. That’s unlikely to happen this year.
I agree...gosh this is so nerve wracking! Polls are all over the place..I just hope and pray emailgate will bring the witch from hell down!!!
Yes, there is no denying that the electorate is demographically quite different than it was in 1980. And, there is no denying that the education system is churning out a greater proportion of, not to be harsh, very ignorant young voters.
However, there is a big factor, on the other side of the equation, that doesn’t get mentioned enough. Back in 1980, the democrat party was *nothing* like the democrat party of today. There were still responsible, patriotic, and generally good people throughout the party. The party never would have gone for a fraction of the truly bizarre and outlandish things that now make up their mainstream platform. In other words, a good, decent, common-sense citizen could still vote democrat, and not be a complete idiot, or a completely selfish person.
There is a much greater pool of potential “Reagan voters” out there, because the political process is so much more broken than it was back then. And yes, that pool of potential “Reagan voters” can include people who were not born here.
The question, ultimately, is this: which is a greater force — the demographic changes, or the vacuum created by the massive shift leftward on the part of both parties? I don’t know, but suspect we will find out in the next week.
Yeah thats why this talk of a Trump landslide is silly.
Something like 15-20% less white voters now, its mathematically impossible for ANY GOP nominee to win a true landslide now. We can do those at the state level and in midterms. But 300 EV’s is do-able and would be pretty sweet.
We need to work, vote & pray. Nothing for granted.
” Today we have more 3rd world immigrants for example.”
And that of course is the reason that America is sliding left.
California is now a leftwing bastion in large measure due to the 1986 Amnesty that Reagan agreed to sign. That, and mass legal immigration from the 3rd world.
Even very successful 3rd world immigrants vote to the left of native stock Americans. We are fostering our own destruction, immigrating ourselves out of existence. The 1965 immigration act lit the fuse and the Stupid Party fights any effort at putting it out.