The GOP is running out of Old White People

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Friday November 09, 2012 · 8:28 AM PST

2012/11/09 · 08:28

To start, most Republican voters are quite old. The party will probably lose over a third of its members to old age in the next 20 years and has only tiny base of younger voters to replace them.

Age Range    Percent
18-27        6%
28-37        14%
38-47        15%
48-57        24%
58+        37%

The baby boom has moved through the population pyramid, and these older, more conservative voters are decreasing in number as age takes it toll.

Next, their voters are also very, very white (90%!!):

This has been trending against them for at least the last 3 elections. The exit poll data from CNN for Presidential elections by Race:

Election Year Percent White

2004 77%
2008 74%
2012 72%

Finally, this trend is looking to continue well into the future

What does this all mean? Every year it will be harder for GOP to win elections by appealing to the racism, intolerance and religiosity of the electorate. The re-election of Barack Obama is a refreshing reminder that the old guard is still indeed very powerful, but the new generation has found its voice.

The GOP says you have to have an ID to vote, but Million dollar donors should remain anonymous.

chance909

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Thursday June 14, 2012 · 7:53 AM PDT

2012/06/14 · 07:53

This is in fact the exact idea of an oligarchy. Constant effort to reduce the ability of the poor to exercise their democratic power, and constant effort to increase the power the rich wield over society and government.

The American Plutonomy (economy for the few)

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Wednesday October 12, 2011 · 8:50 AM PDT

2011/10/12 · 08:50

This is my first Diary, but I had to share this 2005 paper from CitiGroup:

http://canadianclimateaction.files.wordpress.com/...

I was taken aback by the cold, calculating tone in which its authors discuss how to best exploit the massive wealth inequality present in the US. They explain, in explicit detail, how the the US is already a fractured society, and how there is no potential for profit in investing in the "Average Consumer" because this consumer has ceased to exist. The middle class is not dying in the US, it has already died.

The only sector worth investing in is the top 1% of earners who have the money to buy luxury goods and take advantage of new financial instruments.

The authors of the piece also detail how 1st world countries become plutonomies, or remain egalitarian societies. The short list really explains how the US descended and continues to descend into a plutocracy.

1)Technological revolutions reducing the need for unskilled workers
2)Capitalist friendly governments and tax regimes
3)Re-arrangement of global supply to benefit well-capitalized elites and use low cost immigrants
4)Greater financial complexity and innovation
5)Rule of law
6)Extensive patent and copyright protection

This piece hit me right in the guts. This is not our future, this is the America we are living in.

-k

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