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So there's an intermittent discussion happening on another thread, and that discussion's about whether or not support for the GOP is growing among any particular demographic groups.
Let's separate out that discussion, and let's give it some actual fact-based consideration. Are there any demographic groups that are shifting their support toward the GOP, or are conservatives who make that claim just whistling past the graveyard?
I'm sure everyone has their opinions and beliefs on the subject, but that's not what I'm looking for. I'm interested in what can be *demonstrated* and *proven,* hopefully with empirical data and ideally that includes links to crosstabs and methodology.
Please bear in mind that "growing" in this context means 'increase in percentage terms.' A given demographic might be increasing in size, but that doesn't mean that an increasing *percentage* of that demographic group is shifting towards supporting the GOP.
Every time someone gets a non-government job or turns 35 the GOP's potential demographic grows.
Of course the youngest, stupidest, and most dependent members of society will vote Dem, yet in a healthy country logic dictates that these people will not be the growth demographic forever.
...Hence why it's so important for the Dems to destroy the economy and middle class(while blaming this entirely on the token Rep's who control "one-half of one-third of the government") and cause maximum social chaos via cultural warfare and mass immigration.
Every time someone gets a non-government job or turns 35 the GOP's potential demographic grows.
Thanks for joining in, but once again, I'm looking for *evidence* to support the assertions and claims being made on this thread. The simple venting of partisan orthodoxy is something you can get on just about any other thread in this section, so I'm asking for more than just 'what do you think?'
I'm asking for 'what can you demonstrate, prove or provide some sort of fact-based support for?'
Demographically speaking, is the GOP's support growing *anywhere?*
In short, possibly.
The R party of Wisconsin, with a majority of legislators in the state and with a R governor redistricted the entire state, to their liking. Some people call it gerrymandering, but when democrats are of the majority in states, they basically do the same thing.
Redistricting is evil depending on another person's point of view.
This is a op-ed piece from a Milwaukee Newspaper. It's merely an opinion and could be construed as fact or fiction, again, depending upon who is reading it.
However, redistricting did not have much of a effect upon the presidential election because Obama was reelected. It did have some implications in the state though.
Thanks for joining in, but once again, I'm looking for *evidence* to support the assertions and claims being made on this thread. The simple venting of partisan orthodoxy is something you can get on just about any other thread in this section, so I'm asking for more than just 'what do you think?'
I'm asking for 'what can you demonstrate, prove or provide some sort of fact-based support for?'
There is no evidence, and no sign of meaningful growth. Gerrymandering is actually harming the GOP, as w/o it, they would lose the House and the sane, moderate GOP members would retake the reins from the asylum members on the radical right.
Gerrymandering is delaying the inevitable day of reckoning.
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Demographically speaking, is the GOP's support growing *anywhere?*
