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The Democratic Party is getting less white, more educated -- and significantly more liberal
CNN ^ | February 21, 2019 | by Grace Sparks

Posted on 02/21/2019 11:46:06 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

The early days of the 2020 presidential primary have shown the Democratic Party is in flux and having a robust debate about what its future will look like. And while that debate is centered on progressive policies like "Medicare-for-all," the Green New Deal and how much to tax the rich, it's being fueled by shifting demographics within the party.

New research from Gallup released Tuesday reveals the party is getting less white, more educated, less religious and progressively more liberal since 2001. Notably, the party's liberal shift is mostly driven by white Democrats, while nonwhite Democrats make up a larger share of the moderate and conservative wings of the party.

From 2013 through 2018, an average of 46% of Democrats identified as "liberal," compared with 35% of respondents who said they were "moderate" and 17% who called themselves "conservative," according to Gallup. That's a stark jump from the previous six years: From 2007 through 2012, those who identified as "liberal" or "moderate" were basically the same -- 39% and 38%, respectively.

The change is largely driven by the increasingly liberal leanings of whites and college graduates within the party.

According to the research, the percentage of nonwhite Democrats has gone up to an average of 43% in 2013-2018 from an average of 31% in 2001-2006. White people now make up 56% of the party, a 12-point drop from 2001-2006.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2020; liberals; marxists; progressives
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

More educated in that which is wrong.


21 posted on 02/21/2019 12:00:36 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: GMMC0987

The fact that AOC has an economics degree highlights the fallacy of being “more educated”.

She said (and yes, she definitely did say this):

The reason unemployment is low is because so many people are being forced to work 2 jobs.

(Reminder: she has an economics degree.)


22 posted on 02/21/2019 12:01:22 PM PST by samtheman (How can there be so many brain damaged Americans?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Less white and more educated? Hmmm... I may have to call BS on that.


23 posted on 02/21/2019 12:01:37 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee ... I knew thee.")
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To: DungeonMaster
They still can’t do math to save their souls.

No problem, they have no souls.
24 posted on 02/21/2019 12:03:01 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
less white, more educated...affirmative action college admissions work that way......
25 posted on 02/21/2019 12:03:05 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

More islamist


26 posted on 02/21/2019 12:07:12 PM PST by onedoug
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It is not getting more liberal. It’s getting more leftist. True liberals and conservatives are not all that far apart. Leftists are loons.

This covers it well, and it IS what is happening to the democrats (the left is taking them over):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTZTbL0yPJc


27 posted on 02/21/2019 12:07:25 PM PST by cuban leaf
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“More educated”

Assumes facts not in evidence.

28 posted on 02/21/2019 12:07:31 PM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What more proof do you need that open borders and the education establishment are destroying the country?


29 posted on 02/21/2019 12:09:55 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: faithhopecharity

> the very last thing the D party is getting is “more liberal!”

you nailed it. progressivism has NOTHING to do with liberalism. It’s an enemy of liberalism and conservatism, and Ds are getting more progressive.


30 posted on 02/21/2019 12:10:55 PM PST by LostPassword
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To: cuban leaf
True liberals and conservatives are not all that far apart.

That probably explains why, in my grandparents' day, there was not all of this acrimony between Republicans and Democrats. They could have rational debates about ideas, and each could live with the compromises.

Saul Alinsky destroyed all that IMHO.


31 posted on 02/21/2019 12:11:37 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
it's being fueled by shifting demographics within the party.

And so is the nation.

is getting less white

To many people that is orgasmic.

32 posted on 02/21/2019 12:13:12 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The early days of the 2020 presidential primary have shown the Democratic Farty is in flatulence and having a robust debate about what its future will stink like.


33 posted on 02/21/2019 12:14:10 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yep. Go back in time to, say, 1960, and ask any liberal what they think about same sex marriage. Or what they think about anything involving LBGTQXYZ.


34 posted on 02/21/2019 12:14:47 PM PST by cuban leaf
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The Democratic Party is getting less white, more educated -- and significantly more liberal RADICAL
35 posted on 02/21/2019 12:15:45 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: cuban leaf

The President with whom Trump might most closely align ideologically was JFK.

Yet five decades later Dems call him Hitler.


36 posted on 02/21/2019 12:16:44 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: MayflowerMadam

Asians are the most educated racial group in the US and vote Democrat at a higher rate than Hispanics per 2016 and 2018 elections. Add all of da White Wimmin with their counseling degrees and there ya go.


37 posted on 02/21/2019 12:20:08 PM PST by Clemenza (Lurking)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
According to the research, the percentage of nonwhite Democrats has gone up to an average of 43% in 2013-2018 from an average of 31% in 2001-2006. White people now make up 56% of the party, a 12-point drop from 2001-2006.

When the minorities become the majority of the Democrat party, it will implode. Will that be by 2024?

38 posted on 02/21/2019 12:22:48 PM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: morphing libertarian

Yep...keeping my grandson from going to university (got 2 yr associates degree at CC) has been my goal...esp since he doesn’t know what he wants to do.


39 posted on 02/21/2019 12:26:15 PM PST by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"More educated" in this context usually means $200,000 in student loans and a useless degree. More educated doesn't always mean smarter.


40 posted on 02/21/2019 12:48:49 PM PST by grateful
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