A teeny, tiny bellwether?
Wednesday September 19, 2007
Categories: Republicans
A sign of the times here in Texas, perhaps: a Republican state representative from the Dallas area is becoming a Democrat. This is a state where the GOP thoroughly dominates state political life. But in Dallas County, we're all Democratic...
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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The demographics don't look good for the Republicans. As Bob Dylan once warbled, "And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a changin'."
The demographics don't look good for the Republicans
I don't think they look good for anyone. The parties will have to change.
Most of the youth (and Hispanic immigrants) are leaning:
- pro-taxes (lib)
- pro-life (con)
- pro-family (con)
- pro-environment (lib)
- pro-gay rights (lib)
The first party to become pro-working dude yet still stay pro-family will dominate the polls for a generation. But not just yet - the boomers have to die off first; they have the serious voting numbers for another decade or two.
But after that, I don't think the old party divisions matter much anymore.
Rod,
I just finished reading your book. I must say that it was far better than I expected. Specifically, it really drew me in. Upon finishing it I a) gave it to my wife with some annotated pages for us to talk about and b) thought that you should start a national crunchy con magazine. Given b, and assuming the thought crossed your mind, are there any plans for a crunchy con magazine? I would gladly be among the first to subscribe.
In Christ,
-jp
Rod:
This is one of the particular areas west of Dallas that you have highlighted as having had explosive demographic changes in recent years (primarily from Latinos moving in), correct?
Is Tarrant County staying more conservative, though? I don't want to leave the east coast for the heartland only to fight the exact same kinds of battles I'd just as soon avoid here (i.e., homosexuality taught in middle school, extremely high taxes).
Heck, I won't just subscribe to a magazine. I'll write for it. Gratis.
They are teaching homosexuality in middle school? What exactly would a class like that look like???
"homosexuality taught in middle school"
What a bunch of hooey! They may be teaching acceptance of homosexuals as citizens worthy of equal treatment before the law, but they're NOT "teaching homosexuality". It isn't a subject that CAN be 'taught' - either one is or one isn't. I don't remember them ever "teaching" heterosexuality in school either, for that matter.
And Rod, you 'announce' the fact that "the sheriff of Dallas County is a lesbian Hispanic Democrat" as if it were news. How long has Lupe Valdez BEEN the sheriff there, Rod? Do Republicans really have to work that hard just to keep up with reality?
recovering ex-- it's news to me, and probably news to most non-Texans.
Assuming a significant number of boomers live until they are 85-90 and keep voting, they will have significant influence for almost 3 more decades. Their children and grandkids seem more likely to stay home blogging and gaming than being politically active!
"it's news to me, and probably news to most non-Texans"
Then PAY ATENTION!
Or is being ill-informed a good thing now? I know Rod was just trying to be his sensationalist self, but jeez louise, she's been the sherrif for what 2, 3 years and the sky hasn't fallen and Texas still exists.
Or maybe the 'right' is wrong on the issue of gay Americans in general.
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