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> Democrats today could improve their performance enormously if every staffer’s computer monitor had a Post-It stuck to it that said “the median voter is a 50-s
by chiefalchemist 5y ago
> Democrats today could improve their performance enormously if every staffer’s computer monitor had a Post-It stuck to it that said “the median voter is a 50-something white person who didn’t go to college and lives in an unfashionable suburb.
The Blues should steal The Reds "theme song"? Aside from being a marketing / identity mistake, this won't be true much longer. The demographic trends seem to favor The Blues. That is, the country is getting less white and more like the demos that tradionally favor The Reds. Mind you, of course, not every one of these will go Red, but unless there's some sort of crazy inversion, time favors Team Red.
- BurningFrog 5y agoNon white groups are also becoming more Republican, as seen in the 2029 election.
- chiefalchemist 5y agoYup. As acknowledged. But not - yet? - at a rate to out run the additions to Team Red.
- BurningFrog 5y agoJust pointing out that there are long term trends in both directions, and no one knows which, if any, will dominate.
- chiefalchemist 5y agoYes. And those are whites becoming a minority, sooner rather than later. Will all of that growth go Blue? Probably not. But all of it doesn't, just more than go Red. Will some collective demo switch sides entirely? That too seems unlikely unless there's some other traumatic event. While it's true, no one can predict the future. As things are, odds favor the Blue.
- BurningFrog 5y ago(I meant the 2020 election, obviously)
- chiefalchemist 5y agoRe: . That is, the country is getting less white and more like the demos that tradionally favor The Reds Opps. That should have been Blues. The trends in demos favor Blue.