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Polls Confirm: The RAE is Growing, and the GOP is Not Okay With It
Given America’s rapidly shifting demographics, how does anyone, regardless of their political party, think they can win elections without earning the support of unmarried women and the Rising American Electorate?
We aren’t sure, either—but recent polls highlighted in the Washington Post confirm: “A substantial share of the Republican Party is fundamentally uneasy about the ways in which the American population is changing.”
To be specific, GOP voters are split when it comes to whether the growing share of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States is a good thing.
Look closely at the chart below. On the long list of issues around which it seems that Republicans and Democrats seem to disagree is this issue. Three percent more Republicans said that this phenomenon — a reality that is inevitable given current population trends and immigration law — is moving the country in the wrong direction than said it was a good thing. Meanwhile, Democrats leaned clearly toward embracing this increasing diversity.
Chart credit: Washington Post
America is changing, and the divisive politics of yesteryear no longer work. The question that remains isn’t whether the GOP will begin to embrace #RisingAmericanElectorate voters, but when—and if it will be too late.
