It's the end of the world as straight white males know it (LAT)

[jsr]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-analysis-20121108,0,7644829.story

No longer your father's electorate
Obama's reelection marks a turning point in American politics: With the growing power of minorities, women and gays, it's the end of the world as straight white males know it.
By Paul West, Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Even more than the election that made Barack Obama the first black president, the one that returned him to office sent an unmistakable signal that the hegemony of the straight white male in America is over.

The long drive for broader social participation by all Americans reached a turning point in the 2012 election, which is likely to go down as a watershed in the nation's social and political evolution — and not just because in some states voters approved of same-sex marriage for the first time.

On Tuesday, Obama received the votes of barely 1 in 3 white males. That too was historic. It almost certainly was an all-time low for the winner of a presidential election that did not include a major third-party candidate.

"We're not in the '50s any more," said William Frey, a Brookings Institution demographer. "This election makes it clear that a single focus directed at white males, or at the white population in general, is not going to do it. And it's not going to do it when the other party is focusing on energizing everybody else." ...

[JackN415]

1. A better analysis was given by Robert Reich n/t

[HopeHoops]

2. Agreed. Only angry white men were adamant about voting for rMoney.

DISCLAIMER: I'm a white man and sometimes angry.

The GOP has alienated every demographic possible except angry white men. Did they really expect to win with that kind of strategy? If so, the GOP just died. I'm concerned about what will replace it, but this election proved that excluding people who aren't angry white men isn't going to work anymore. Obama rocks and he's been the most powerful instrument in crushing bigotry since MLK Jr. I hope Malia and Sasha take over the reigns when they're old enough.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

3. Straight white male that voted for Obama here... nt