It’s always being said that demographics are destiny. But which demographics? Democrats learned painfully in 2016 the meaning of that question, when Donald Trump upended the electoral map by capitalizing on the demographics of today as Democrats pinned their hopes on demographics of tomorrow.
What does the future hold? In the era of President Trump, no predictions are reliable. There are only scenarios and simulations, and a new set of them shows an uncertain future for both parties — in 2020 and beyond. CONT.
Dan Balz, Washington Post