Demography Is Destiny
September, 2012
CHANGES IN AMERICA'S POPULATION DON'T BODE WELL FOR THE GRAND OLD PARTYIn 2008 Barack Obama defeated John McCain in an electoral-vote landslide and with the largest popular-vote margin of any presidential candidate in 20 years. But for all the rhetoric and talk of hope and change, Obama became the nation's 44th president because of the numbers: He raised more money, registered more voters, recruited more volunteers and engendered more passion and enthusiasm among his supporters. The president fa...
