… Older, whiter, more social conservative America feels under threat of losing their stamp on the country’s character, racial composition and soul–and they’re right. They’re losing: not only is the country inevitably becoming less white, it is also becoming less religious, and the millennial generation is not only larger than the baby boomers, but it’s also the most progressive in the last century–and the oldest millennials are about to turn 40. …
Remember that virulently anti-immigrant Republican Pete Wilson was governor of California less than 20 years ago. Today, the Republican Party is a third party in California behind “no party preference.” The same generational and demographic changes that brought Democratic supermajorities to California are slowly and inevitably happening to the rest of the country as well, and even gerrymandering and the electoral college can’t keep protecting Republicans from the consequences. What Pete Wilson did in locking down California for Democrats in the Golden State, Trump is likewise doing for the country at large. CONT.
David Atkins, Washington Monthly