The big picture: America is no longer ruled by whites
The article below is written by the Chief Reporter for Britain’s leading conservative newspaper. It addresses matters that U.S. commentators tend to slide over (out of political correctness) but which need mentioning, in my view. There have been many knowledgeable analyses of the demographics behind Obama’s victory (e.g. by Karl Rove) but to me they seem unable to see the forest for the trees. The plain fact is that there is large population growth in segments of the population who are systematically hostile to the GOP and it is difficult to see a way around that. Will Obama be the first in a long line of Democrat Presidents?
The only hope — and it is a good one — is that the Donks will make such a huge mess of things in the next two to four years that many voters will vote for any alternative to them. That suggests to me that the GOP senators should make sparing use of the filibuster in the next two to four years. Let the Democrats have their own way on most things and just say “I told you so” when it all implodes (e.g. in huge unemployment). Let them hang themselves by their own stupidity.
President-Elect Obama attracted 43 per cent of the white vote, with 55 per cent backing John McCain. But because white voters make up an ever-decreasing percentage of the total, Mr Obama still achieved an overwhelming victory because he attracted 95 per cent of the black vote and two thirds of Hispanic and Asian voters. Black and ethnic minority voters accounted for 26 per cent of all votes cast in the election. As recently as 2000, they made up just 19 per cent of voters. At the current rate of change, white voters will be in the minority by 2042, and with black and ethnic minority voters traditionally voting Democrat, regardless of the candidate’s skin colour, the Republicans are facing a long-term problem.
Mr Obama’s campaign team said the Democrat had put together a “national coalition” of voters from all backgrounds. “We were able to overcome a lot of the things that a lot of people thought were insuperable barriers in our politics,” his chief strategist, David Axelrod, said. Mr Obama may not have won over the majority of white voters but he still managed a larger slice of the white vote than any of his recent predecessors, including Bill Clinton. The President-Elect also increased the Democratic share of the vote in almost every other demographic sector. Male voters were split almost exactly down the middle between the two candidates, compared with 55 per cent voting Republican in 2004, and Mr Obama increased the Democratic share of the female vote from 51 per cent in 2004 to 56 per cent.
One of the biggest swings to the Democrats came among the youngest voters, with 66 per cent of 18-29 year old voters backing Mr Obama, compared with 54 per cent in the previous election. Mr Obama also picked up 69 per cent of first time voters, compared with just 53 per cent who voted for John Kerry in 2004. One in five of all first time voters were black. Dr Scott Blinder, Research Fellow in US Politics at Nuffield College, Oxford, said: “As well as the changes in the racial composition of the electorate, we have seen a significant shift in the youth vote towards the Democrats. “Obama has taken 69 per cent of first time voters, a significant increase on previous elections, and that might have long-term implications for the Republicans, as we are seeing a whole new generation of Democratic voters coming through.
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Posted by JonJayRay on November 7, 2008 9:50 am
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I’m of the opinion that this is exactly what will happen. As we now have an individual in office without a hint of domestic, international or military experience, who trumpets our withdrawl date from a field of battle and can’t grasp even the wisdom of the high priest of the Democratic past (JFK) in which you lower taxes in the face of a weak economy in order to expand it, Obama and his filibuster-proof Congress are going to screw things up royally. They will have no one else to blame for the mess–although they’ll try–and may actually lead to the large-scale death of liberalism and (hopefully) neo-Marxist liberalism.
I’m not sure that this will spell out a new age for conservatives, as the Democrats took the House and Senate for good reasons: the conservatives lived lives that violated almost every tenet of conservativism and were as deeply ensconced in pork as the Dems. What may come out of a one-term Obama debacle is the ascendancy of the Independent party. Difficult to say.
Foreign analysis of the American political scene often fails to grasp the reality of America. While most of his analyses are accurate, our political structure makes the emergence of a viable third party very unlikely. But as far as the filibuster, you’re right- the Republicans should reserve their filibuster sparingly, and only when public opinion is solidly in their favor- all of the democrat’s actions since the election have shown that bi-partisanship is somewhere past the bottom of their list of objectives. Letting them make a huge mess of things should not take long at all.
I am a long time reader of this site but rare contributor. I usually agree with most of it’s points. I must disagree with the below quote.
“The only hope — and it is a good one — is that the Donks will make such a huge mess of things in the next two to four years that many voters will vote for any alternative to them. ”
While I prefer a GOP run America for my Country and my family. I hope Obama and his Administration can repair the economy, unite Americans and protect us from terror.
He is our President elect, I may dissent on some of his positions but I will support him as president. As conservatives, let us take the high road.
Bottom line this is not about conservative & liberal, its about race.
Non-whites have got their man in place, and it will be even easier the next time, easier the time after that.
That 2042 figure is hopelessly cheerful, whites will be a minority before then. Some sort of amnesty will accelerate the process well before that date. Something the despicable McCain was more than happy to do as well.
At least he has at last died a political death, just as he should have done after his amnesty failed.