When I attended a funeral service last week for Ben Wattenberg, it really hit me how much our country and politics have changed in the 45 years since he and Richard Scammon wrote The Real Majority, a landmark, best-selling book analyzing the American electorate and voter behavior. …
What was so interesting to me, sitting in the synagogue, listening to several eloquent and occasionally funny eulogies, was to realize how dead-on the book had been 45 years ago and how much things have changed—but also how resistant some Republicans continue to be, pretending that the country still looks like what Wattenberg and Scammon saw in 1970. Monochromatic and middle-aged has given way to multi-hued and young. CONT.
Charlie Cook