The tradition has been that African Americans and Latinos, and people who are working class and less educated voters, tend to vote Democratic, and that white suburbanites and wealthy, educated voters vote Republican.
That changed in the Presidential Election Of 2024, but it is hard to know if it is simply a one time occurrence.
What is clear also is that young women are moving more toward the Democrats, while younger men are moving toward the Republicans, but again, that may be an outlier as well.
It makes trying to project ahead for the Midterm Congressional and state elections of 2026, and the Presidential Election of 2028, a massive challenge for both parties.
At this point, Democrats have a tremendous, talented group of Governors, along with a few Senators and Representatives, who are seen as potential national candidates.
Having so many potential candidates may be a blessing, or a curse, while the Republicans, seemingly, have far fewer potential candidates.
Recruitment of candidates for state and national office is in full swing now, as the talent pool will be particularly urgent for Democrats!
Whether the Democrats can reorganize much of the coalition that won the Presidency twice for Barack Obama ins 2008 and 2012 is a crucial matter, as we plan ahead for 2026 and 2028.
As you may know Professor Ron, I have a philosophical mindset.
It came to me, how many basically good people brought themselves to vote for, what I plainly see, is a Federally Convicted Conman to be the leader of our country.
The fact that most knew he was lying, but decide to abandon their morals to cast their vote, and support for Trump anyway.
There is a lot to be learned from studying Joseph Goebel who held the title, “Minister of Propaganda,” in 1930’s Germany, but I think the better lessons are in our own country during the late 1920’s with marketing developments of Edward Bernays.
For 6 weeks in 1957, movie theaters would flash for just a mili-second the subliminal message, to “eat more popcorn,” which drove up popcorn sales exponentially.
I also recall when it came out, that in the movie, “The Exorcist,” flashed just in .003 seconds a picture frame of the iconic devil’s image. This subliminal message, even though a person didn’t truly note seeing because it happens so fast, it heightened the fear aspect of the audience watching the movie by planting that image within a person’s subconscious.
Now reflecting on the last election where Trump won reelection, even with trying a violent overthrow of the election he lost, the Federal Convictions, and being found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a department store chaining room…. could his hi-tech supporters used these same subliminal message tactics?
Wayne, that is a horrifying thought! 🙁
77 million voted for Trump.
74 million for Harris.
But 86 million? Didn’t vote at all.
That means the true landslide in 2025 was silence.
We need non-voters to turn into voters.
Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do?
“Recent comments from Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries suggest that the party’s leaders are ill suited for the moment.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/196102/schumer-jeffries-leadership-failure-trump
Young Dem Clinches Landslide Election Win in Lindsey Graham’s Backyard
Keishan Scott became the youngest member of the South Carolina House on Tuesday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/young-dem-keishan-scott-clinches-landslide-election-win-in-lindsey-grahams-backyard/
Special election to fill Rep. Connolly’s seat in Congress officially set.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/06/03/virginia-congress-special-election-date-connolly-fairfax/
Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden’s former press secretary, reveals she’s left the Democratic Party.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/04/politics/karine-jean-pierre-biden-book