Great article making great points.
The Great Realignment: Democrats Increasingly The Party of Elite Whites, Republicans Increasingly Racially-Diverse And Working Class, Republicans Increasingly Racially-Diverse And Working Class
My oh my. The Democrats had a plan. They called it “Demography is Destiny,” Democrats were going to ride race and ethnicity to permanent power, to pidgeon-hole Republicans as the party of the shrinking elite whites.
A funny thing happened on the way to the Democrats great replacement theory — Democrats became the party of elite — and woke — whites. The party of Karen.
We’ve seen plenty of evidence of a realignment. Trump received a higher percentage of Latino votes than any prior Republican nominee. Non-white Republican candidates, particularly women, are rising stars. Democrats are so worried that their media outlets are stoking fear of Republican “Far-Right Latinas.”
Shifts in the demographics of the two parties’ supporters — taking place before our eyes — are arguably the biggest political story of our time.
The big picture: Republicans are becoming more working class and a little more multiracial. Democrats are becoming more elite and a little more white.
Why it matters: Democrats’ hopes for retaining power rest on nonwhite voters remaining a reliable part of the party’s coalition. Democrats’ theory of the case collapses if Republicans make even incremental gains with those voters.
Even small inroads with Hispanic voters could tip a number of Democratic-held swing seats to the GOP.
Here are some of the details leading Kraushaar to this conclusion, particularly a collapse of support for Democrats among Latinos:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/...reasingly-racially-diverse-and-working-class/
The Great Realignment: Democrats Increasingly The Party of Elite Whites, Republicans Increasingly Racially-Diverse And Working Class, Republicans Increasingly Racially-Diverse And Working Class
My oh my. The Democrats had a plan. They called it “Demography is Destiny,” Democrats were going to ride race and ethnicity to permanent power, to pidgeon-hole Republicans as the party of the shrinking elite whites.
A funny thing happened on the way to the Democrats great replacement theory — Democrats became the party of elite — and woke — whites. The party of Karen.
We’ve seen plenty of evidence of a realignment. Trump received a higher percentage of Latino votes than any prior Republican nominee. Non-white Republican candidates, particularly women, are rising stars. Democrats are so worried that their media outlets are stoking fear of Republican “Far-Right Latinas.”
Shifts in the demographics of the two parties’ supporters — taking place before our eyes — are arguably the biggest political story of our time.
The big picture: Republicans are becoming more working class and a little more multiracial. Democrats are becoming more elite and a little more white.
Why it matters: Democrats’ hopes for retaining power rest on nonwhite voters remaining a reliable part of the party’s coalition. Democrats’ theory of the case collapses if Republicans make even incremental gains with those voters.
Even small inroads with Hispanic voters could tip a number of Democratic-held swing seats to the GOP.
Here are some of the details leading Kraushaar to this conclusion, particularly a collapse of support for Democrats among Latinos:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/...reasingly-racially-diverse-and-working-class/
