Posted on 09/14/2016 11:42:36 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
White and Christian voters are abandoning the Democratic Party, according to a remarkable new analysis of political party demographics.
The Pew Research Center found that there is now a 29-point white gap, the largest ever between the GOP and Democrats.
According to the new analysis, "non-Hispanic whites make up 57 percent of all Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters, down significantly from 76 percent in 1992. By contrast, though the share of GOP voters who are white also has declined since 1992, the change has been much more modest: Currently, 86 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters are non-Hispanic whites, compared with 93 percent in 1992. As a result of these changes, the 17-percentage-point gap between the share of white voters in the Republican and Democratic parties seen in 1992 has grown to a 29-point gap today."
Ditto for Christian voters, with the share of atheists and other religiously unaffiliated voters nearly tripling in the Democratic Party.
Said Pew, "The pace of change in religious affiliation has been far faster among Democratic than Republican voters, resulting in a widening gap between the two parties in the shares who do not affiliate with a religion. In 1996, just 10 percent of Democratic voters were religiously unaffiliated; today that share has nearly tripled to 29 percent. Among Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters, the share not affiliating with a religion has increased from 6 percent to 12 percent over the past two decades."
On the positive side for the Democrats, that party is getting younger and smarter.
"A greater proportion of Democrats than Republicans now have a college degree or more education," said Pew, adding, "The Republican Party – once more youthful than the Democratic Party – has aged rapidly over the past 24 years."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
SOMEONE (on his FR homepage) has been saying this for 18 MONTHS now.
All that was needed was a Republican candidate that would give white voters SOMETHING TO VOTE FOR, as the Democrats have totally abandoned EVERYTHING they stood for that helps whites (keeping blue-collar jobs here, border control, education, and lots more) and went all-in with special interests.
The Dems figured, almost correctly, that the Republicans were TOO STUPID to fight for the white vote. They were almost right...but then Trump showed up. That is why the Dems WENT HYSTERICAL when Trump started talking issues that whites identify with. Even though the REPUBLICAN IDIOTS don’t know it, the Dems know that if they (the Dems) don’t get at least 40% of the white vote, THEY LOSE. And they are well on their way to getting 25 to 30% of the white vote this election...and they know it.
"A greater proportion of Democrats than Republicans now have a college degree or more education," said Pew...
$100k in debt for degrees in Women's studies and conflict resolution... doesn't sound very smart to me.
Probably for the same reason they fled Detroit.
“How can any Christian be with the abortion party anyway?”
Not possible. If a person is a Democrat, he isn’t a Christian.
Maybe someone has finally figured it out: whites are STILL the majority in the US and it is about time the candidates stopped pandering to minorities.
It’s about time.....
Mooselimbs and faggots - your ‘Rat party ...
I can relate to that. I'm 24 years older than I was in 1992.
The RAT Party is the party of racists. Anybody who hates racism would leave it.
“Now, even Wikipedia refers to it as Democratic. Democratic is a method, not a party.....”
I’ve noticed that, too. Word association, for the brainwashed products of government schooling.
What galls me even worse is the way the media has taken to calling veterans “vet-trins” for months now. Monkey hear, monkey do - they all are. Don’t know why.
Could guess.
Socialists - and journalists - are cynics. Christians"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." - Philippians 4:8 (New International Version)are told not to be cynics.If Christians have any doubt about it, they should simply look at the video of the 2012 DNC vote against recognizing God. They denied Him three times, and then the moderator lied about it. A real spectacle, for any Christian to contemplate who for whatever misguided reason considers himself to be a Democrat . . .
Don’t need a poll to tell me most democrats are young urban, immoral, irreligious, unemployed, living with parents and unemployed or an educated idiot with degree and no job, anti gun, baby killing, feminized, transgenderized, unpatriotic flag burning, white hating, anti marriage, socialist moron. When they grow up and find they are mortal human beings and worked hard for a business they built and pay way to much in taxes and finally get married settle down and become responsible for their own actions; they start having children instead of aborting them, find God and pray for their families and nation in church, buy guns to protect what they own love and built, and become flag waving Republican patriots.
How come no profile page for a longtime Freeper?——ashamed?
Naw: 1. modest; 2. unassuming; 3. clandestine; 4. reticent; 5. it's not about me. Why?
They err in assuming a college degree equals “smarter.”
You mean, there were still Christians in the Democratic Party?!!!
Profiles are usually an indication of where you stand on issues—maybe I’m wrong-—
When I want to see where someone stands on issues, I usually read some of their posts from the past.
When I read their profiles, I usually see personal information, proclivities, tastes, or maybe some of their accomplishments in life. I’m interested in some of that, but not enough to let too much out there about myself.
But that your first question was about whether I’m ashamed failed to take into account that I’m a fellow FReeper; we’re a pretty bold and precocious lot, I’d say; and most of us are pretty comfortable with who we are.
Best to you and yours———cheers
You, too, friend.
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