There has been a belief among some Democrats that the combination of non-white voters being overwhelmingly Democratic and the fact that they are becoming a larger portion of the electorate means that Democrats may be heading toward some sort of electoral glory. This increase in diversity is a comfort to […] Read more »
Research Finds That Racism, Sexism, and Status Fears Drove Trump Voters
America is the world’s dominant superpower, and white Christian males sit at the top of our nation’s food chain. That’s the right and proper hierarchy, and it’s under serious threat. When blue-collar whites heard that implied message from Donald Trump, many realized it aligned with their own beliefs. As a […] Read more »
Choose Your Own Adventure: 2020 Presidential Edition
Not long after a presidential election, conventional wisdom sets in on how the losing party can win four years later. … One school of thought is for Democrats to win back the white, working-class voters that defected from Barack Obama/Bill Clinton to Trump in 2016. The other school, pushed by […] Read more »
The Democrats’ Gentrification Problem
The nation’s largest cities and metropolitan areas — home to a majority of Democratic voters — are at the forefront of the party’s most vexing racial, ethnic and class conflicts. … Allies on Election Day, the two wings of the Democratic Party are growing further estranged in other aspects of […] Read more »
More popular vote-electoral college splits may be in our future
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 […] Read more »
Trump Wants America to Revert to the Queens of His Childhood
During President Trump’s formative years, Queens — the New York City “outer borough” in which he grew up — was transformed from an all-white enclave into a racial and ethnic battleground. The forces unleashed in those struggles shaped Trump’s current policies on both immigration and racial integration. … Taken together, […] Read more »