A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Emerging Democrat Majority

American Thinker ^ | November 30, 2016 | Richard Winchester

[Kaslin]

John Judis and Ruy Teixeira published a bestselling book, The Emerging Democratic Majority, in 2002. Judis hailed the continuing validity of their thesis in an Atlantic article published in November 2012. Other authors, such as Democrat pollster Stanley Greenberg and National Review’s chief political correspondent Tim Alberta, have taken up the drumbeat.

The gist of this argument is that a combination of demographic changes to American society and key socioeconomic developments are making it likely that the future will belong to the Democratic Party. Among the demographic changes is the assertion that groups especially likely to vote Democrat – African Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities – will be a larger slice of the American electorate in the future, while groups more inclined to back the GOP – especially older, heterosexual white people – will be a smaller portion of the voting-age population.

Other changes in America include the decline of marriage and especially the entry of more women into the workforce; each of these allegedly works to the advantage of the Democrats. Add to this the entry into the electorate of the Millennial birth cohort – or people born in 1982 or later. These people are reported to be much more likely to identify with or lean toward the Democrats than the Republicans. Contrast them to America’s so-called “Silent Generation,” who are now in their early-to-late 70s, and considerably more inclined to identify with or lean to the GOP.

Voila, so the argument goes, the future looks rosier for the Democrats than for the Republicans.

Before proceeding, let’s acknowledge that the future may belong to the Democratic Party, for the reasons usually given.

[riri]

Why she didn’t go with a radical socialist hispanic like Julian Castro is a mystery.

[generally]

Yes.

In fact he wrote a book with that as a title.

[generally]

>>We’re losing territory.

If Trump’s presidency is even remotely like what I’m expecting, we will be regaining territory. Trump has the potential to be the best thing that ever happened to the inner city, to minorities, to the poor, etc.

If he can drain the swamp and remove cronyism, that alone will open up vast new opportunities. I’m hoping he can show the identity group factions that the democrats always count on (blacks especially, also hispanics, the poor, the blue collar workers) that the democrats have done NOTHING for them. They have exploited them for their votes and then stabbed them in the back.

Get rid of competition from illegals and that will open up plenty of jobs.

Get rid of affirmative action. We’re past that. Without affirmative action, people will respect you for your skills instead of assuming you were an AA hire.

Stop punishing the working poor and breaking up families with the welfare system. Create a path for people to work their way up.

If Trump can do that, there won’t be many left in the Democrat coalition of special interests. Definitely not enough left to win the next election.