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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More educated in that which is wrong.
The fact that AOC has an economics degree highlights the fallacy of being “more educated”.
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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.)
Less white and more educated? Hmmm... I may have to call BS on that.
More islamist
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
Assumes facts not in evidence.
What more proof do you need that open borders and the education establishment are destroying the country?
> 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.
And so is the nation.
is getting less white
To many people that is orgasmic.
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.
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.
The President with whom Trump might most closely align ideologically was JFK.
Yet five decades later Dems call him Hitler.
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.
When the minorities become the majority of the Democrat party, it will implode. Will that be by 2024?
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.
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