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| WAPO's Robert Samuelson: The 'Next America' is now. |
| 2015-03-04 |
| [WAPO] The political paralysis in Washington is often ascribed, depending on partisanship, to Republican obstructionism or President Obama's arrogance. But there are deeper causes. Both parties have had a hard time creating agendas that appeal across ideological, racial and ethnic lines. There has been a fragmentation of power and purpose that transcends the defects of political leaders. A partial explanation comes in a report issued last month that describes the changing nature of the American electorate. It's less white, more minority, older and less dominated by any one generation. Fascinating in their own right, these shifts also illuminate the larger origins of the political impasse. If democracy responds to voters, then voters preoccupied with their own narrow agendas inhibit the creation of durable coalitions capable of legislating. The report, "States of Change: The Demographic Evolution of the American Electorate, 1974-2060," was sponsored by three think tanks of differing politics: the conservative American Enterprise Institute and the liberal Brookings Institution and Center for American Progress. The study identifies 10 transforming trends, which -- considering the overlap -- I've condensed to five. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 See FREEREPUBLIC this AM > [Daily Mail.UK] WHITE US CHILDREN WILL BE MINORITIES [in the US] BY 2020 AFTER IMMIGRANT "BABY BOOM", CENSUS REVEALS. ARTIC is also known as why the US DemoLeft is angry nervousy twitchy at their own success. D *** NG IT, ITS DUBYA + GOP'S FAULT! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-03-04 19:35 |
| #1 The real answer is the country is center right and has become even more-so in the last decade or so which puts the nation at odds with the politicians. This is slowly being changed election by election. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-03-04 14:38 |