tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post578968851463163885..comments2024-03-28T18:57:15.124-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Demographic Trends Favor DemocratsAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-15528529792699616012010-06-02T10:14:19.272-06:002010-06-02T10:14:19.272-06:00I think, rather like science fiction, the projecti...I think, rather like science fiction, the projections of "if this goes on" that lead to things like one party dominance or the singularity won't actually come to pass. I expect that the positions will move so that the Democrats and Republicans continue to be somewhat evenly matched and no party will hold more than a 60-40 split for anything other than one congress. Also as they enter the mainstream many interest groups will splinter with a large minority ending up with the Republicans. <br /><br />I'm always a little dumbfounded that there is already a GOProud when we don't even have marriage equality and they end up endorsing anti-gay candidates like Carley Florina and McCain, but that's the gay 'community'. It will be even more so when equality is actually the law of the land.<br /><br />Likewise with every other ethnic group, especially Latinos. Their conservative social positions would make them natural Republicans if not for the anti-Latino bent of the current GOP.<br /><br />I think there is a strong possibility that the face of the Republican party in 2050 being conservative Catholic Latinos.Mishalakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298261987842548423noreply@blogger.com