But the distribution of black voters is concentrated in places where they already have majorities.
The political repercussions of gathering minority strength remain unknown. Calculations based on exit poll and Census data suggest that the Democratic Party will become “majority minority” shortly after 2020.
One outcome could be a stronger party of the left in national and local elections. An alternate outcome could be exacerbated intra-party conflict between whites, blacks and Hispanics — populations frequently marked by diverging material interests. Black versus brown struggles are already emerging in contests over the distribution of political power, especially during a current redistricting of city council, state legislative and congressional seats in cities like Los Angeles and Chicago.
They're building an inherently unstable coalition of upper and lower classes against the private sector middle class and writing off working class whites. They can say goodbye to the Jacksonian Democrats.
If we use the Great Recession to repeal the Open Immigration Act of 1965, the rats are demographically doomed for the foreseeable future.