America the Liberal -Permanent Democratic Majority: New Study Says Yes

[malaise]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/13/pemanent-democratic-major_n_186257.html
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n a March, 2009 51-page paper "New Progressive America: Twenty Years of Demographic, Geographic, and Attitudinal Changes Across the Country Herald a New Progressive Majority," Ruy Teixeira makes a strong case that "progressive arguments are in the ascendancy," that demographic and geographic "trends should take America down a very different road than has been traveled in the last eight years. A new progressive America is on the rise."

To further buttress his case, Teixeira has put together "a very cool interactive map
that includes 7 levels of exit poll demographics and county-level vote shifts going back to 1988."

Teixeira is by no means alone. The New Republic's John Judis, who collaborated with Teixeira on the 2001 book The Emerging Democratic Majority, wrote an article titled "America The Liberal" the day after the November 4, 2008, election. Judis made a similarly well-argued case that the election of Obama "is the culmination of a Democratic realignment that began in the 1990s. ... The country is no longer 'America the conservative.' And, if Obama acts shrewdly to consolidate this new majority, we may soon be 'America the liberal'."

On April 9, 2009, Emory political scientist Alan Abramowitz published a paper arguing that Obama's victory "was made possible by long-term changes in the composition of the American electorate, especially the growing voting power of African-Americans, Hispanics, and other nonwhites. As a result of these demographic changes, the Democratic Party enjoys a large advantage over the Republican Party in the size of its electoral base -- an advantage that is almost certain to continue growing for the foreseeable future."

[provis99]

1. Alan Abramowitz knows his stuff.

If he says there's a long term trend towards Democratic partisanship, we better believe it.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. I like the sound of it. But, the only non-white group that can be relied upon...

for party loyalty is the AA community. Once the immigration debate heats up, we'll see what happens. If I remember correctly, Hispanics as a group, were more apt to vote conservatively on the social issues? Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I think that Pres. Obama & Democrats, in general, came out on the better end of the immigration debate, in the last election cycle. But, I don't expect the GOP to just go quietly into that good night, unless they are really intent on becoming a regional (Southern) party.

[dflprincess]

3. America may be liberal

but the centrists running the Democratic party are not. Hopefully, they'll wake up soon and see which way the people are heading.

[agentS]

4. Take THAT, KKKARL ROVE!

Turd Blossom, your 1,000 Year Rethugican Reich majority has been squished!

No more Republicans indeed!

[MajorChode]

5. George W. Bush does deserve at least partial credit

For driving the conservative bandwagon straight off a cliff.

[sampsonblk]

6. I called it first!

Funny how some of these folks can see the whole picture after its already developed. I called this well in advance, and some folks laughed. LOL Do I win a prize?

The only reason the GOP has remained competitive in my opinion are severe weakness on the party of our party leaders, and the period following the 9/11 attacks.