The president’s big gains with Black, Hispanic, and young voters in 2024 suggested a major shift. Less than two years later, he has lost those new supporters.
These voting demographics are going to become increasingly volatile, probably for the rest of our lives, until you start to see sweeps like the mid 20th century again, but for the opposite reasons ie; voters are so pissed at the party in power that they abandon “the establishment” en mass and vote for the opposition party.
Unless democracy is truly subverted we might get a decade or 3 of one party Rule, Russia or Hungary style.
Or if something like 9 11 happens and we have an actually charismatic leader who can rally the country.
Would need to be a bigger impact though, we are numb after covid.
These voting demographics are going to become increasingly volatile, probably for the rest of our lives, until you start to see sweeps like the mid 20th century again, but for the opposite reasons ie; voters are so pissed at the party in power that they abandon “the establishment” en mass and vote for the opposition party.
Unless democracy is truly subverted we might get a decade or 3 of one party Rule, Russia or Hungary style.
Or if something like 9 11 happens and we have an actually charismatic leader who can rally the country.
Would need to be a bigger impact though, we are numb after covid.