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It’s Not Your Father’s Democratic Party. But Whose Party Is It?
NYTimes ^ | 08/16/2023

Posted on 08/16/2023 5:47:56 AM PDT by devane617

Has the left’s half-century-long struggle to return the Democratic Party to its working class roots become an exercise in futility? This is perhaps the most vexing question facing the party of liberal America.

It is not an easy one to answer. In recent years, the Democratic electorate has moved in two directions.

First: The percentage of Democrats with a college degree has almost doubled, growing from 22 percent in 1996 to 41 percent in 2019.

Second: While the percentage of Democrats who are non-Hispanic and white has fallen from 76 to 59 percent over the same period, according to Pew Research, nonwhite Democrats — Black, Hispanic, Asian American or members of other minority groups — have grown from 24 to 41 percent.

In terms of the entire U.S. population (as of July 2022), those described by the census as “White alone, not-Hispanic or Latino” made up 58.9 percent of the United States — down from 69.1 percent in 2000 — while the percentage of Black, Hispanic, Asian American and other minorities increased from 30.9 to 41.1 percent over the same period.

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Oh my...reading between the lines I see the 'old' left is getting scared: "...well-educated, largely white, liberals — are imposing damaging policies on the Democratic Party."
1 posted on 08/16/2023 5:47:56 AM PDT by devane617
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It's his party


2 posted on 08/16/2023 5:49:28 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: devane617

The current “democrat party” is the Communist Party.


3 posted on 08/16/2023 5:49:35 AM PDT by Howie66 ("Biden-Fetterman 2024. It's A No Brainer")
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To: lowbridge

Exactly.


4 posted on 08/16/2023 5:50:32 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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5 posted on 08/16/2023 5:52:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: devane617

The hardline Stalinist left has taken over, despite them being a racial minority within the party, but they have so much financial power that all the others just fall in line with their hands out.


6 posted on 08/16/2023 5:52:39 AM PDT by euram (allALL)
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To: lowbridge

Wealth redistribution. Make the rich pay their fair share. are key mantras to the collectivist. (Marxists).
Too many wanna be elites. Excess elites are the problem. Dostoevsky


7 posted on 08/16/2023 5:58:23 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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Grievance and gender studies majors.


8 posted on 08/16/2023 6:01:51 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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The old.Democrat party was the party of racism and segregation. It still is.


9 posted on 08/16/2023 6:03:28 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: lowbridge

add Lennin to that picture and that would be it.


10 posted on 08/16/2023 6:04:26 AM PDT by BobinIL
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To: devane617

It’s the party of Lee Harvey Oswald.


11 posted on 08/16/2023 6:05:51 AM PDT by Falcon4.0
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China and various oligarchs in its orbit.


12 posted on 08/16/2023 6:11:15 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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It’s Not Your Father’s Democratic Party. But Whose Party Is It?

Ours.

13 posted on 08/16/2023 6:11:16 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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I thick the Democrat college proportion of 41% is mostly white liberal female sociology majors who work for government welfare agencies


14 posted on 08/16/2023 6:42:38 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown (away.)
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There is an unthinking allegiance to the Democrat party by two groups that could be influenced.

Working minorities that are of traditional christian faith.

Women in general.

Every day we must reach out to them with questions and encouragement.


15 posted on 08/16/2023 6:46:40 AM PDT by KC Burke
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The heart of this issue is with the education system that is cranking out deranged leftest. Unless we regain or at least level the education system we’re never going to recover.


16 posted on 08/16/2023 6:49:33 AM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: Howie66

Exactly.


17 posted on 08/16/2023 6:50:29 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (Despthaerately looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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18 posted on 08/16/2023 6:51:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: lowbridge

The communists have spent billions on universities and colleges for a reason.


19 posted on 08/16/2023 6:51:55 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: DaxtonBrown

That’s very true .


20 posted on 08/16/2023 6:55:02 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (Despthaerately looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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