The Great Realignment

“Shifts in the demographics of the two parties’ supporters — taking place before our eyes — are arguably the biggest political story of our time,” Axios reports.

“Republicans are becoming more working class and a little more multiracial. Democrats are becoming more elite and a little more white.”

“Democrats’ hopes for retaining power rest on nonwhite voters remaining a reliable part of the party’s coalition. Democrats’ theory of the case collapses if Republicans make even incremental gains with those voters. Even small inroads with Hispanic voters could tip a number of Democratic-held swing seats to the GOP.”