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"to which Diane answered that she had planned to have a large family, which she did and that she has 11 grandchildren!"

This begs a study. I have a large family (7). Conservative friends of mine have large families. Mormons (mostly conservative) have large families. Liberals for the most part have small or aborted families.
Question is -- Will this demographic translate to a more conservative culture? If most of the children don't "leave the plantation" Our culture could change dramatically.

Has anyone seen anything to this effect.

Your family size observation is a bit off. Hispanics households average 3.5 persons, black 2.7, and white 2.4. Considering the black population votes about 93% democratic and the Hispanic population votes about 75% democratic there is a big demographic advantage for liberals. Time is on their side not ours. When I was kid Catholic families were usually big but I don't see as much of that today. Other than Mormons and a few small evangelical denominations there are aren't many religions you can count on to produce large families anymore. If conservatives can't make a fundamental breakthrough with these growing minorities (this means showing them the fallacies of socialism and changing their views not changing conservatism to win their votes) then you will either need to learn Spanish and like big government or move to Utah, the last Republican state.