I know what we can do -- we can post another seven or eight or topics about how the demographics and/or the Electoral College dictate that we will have another Demwit POTUS starting in 2017.
The fact is, the pattern is quite the reverse -- beginning with Eisenhower (sworn in 1953), we've had 8 years R, followed by 8 years D (two different POTUS), followed by 8 years R (two different POTUS), followewd by 4 years D, followed by 12 years R, followed by 8 years D, followed by 8 years R, followed by 8 years D.
Off-topic tidbit -- Eisenhower was the first Republican president since Ulysses S. (Hiram Ulysses, really) Grant to be elected to two terms in his own right (iow, not as VP succeeding the POTUS dying in office) and serve them out.
The Reps have lost the popular vote in 5 out of the last 6 elecitons with Obama receiving the two highest totals in US history. By 2019 half of the children 18 and under will be minorities as classified by the USG and by 2043 non-Hispanic whites will be 50% of the population. From the Census Bureau:
The non-Hispanic white population is projected to peak in 2024, at 199.6 million, up from 197.8 million in 2012. Unlike other race or ethnic groups, however, its population is projected to slowly decrease, falling by nearly 20.6 million from 2024 to 2060.
Meanwhile, the Hispanic population would more than double, from 53.3 million in 2012 to 128.8 million in 2060. Consequently, by the end of the period, nearly one in three U.S. residents would be Hispanic, up from about one in six today.
The black population is expected to increase from 41.2 million to 61.8 million over the same period. Its share of the total population would rise slightly, from 13.1 percent in 2012 to 14.7 percent in 2060.
The Asian population is projected to more than double, from 15.9 million in 2012 to 34.4 million in 2060, with its share of nation's total population climbing from 5.1 percent to 8.2 percent in the same period.
Among the remaining race groups, American Indians and Alaska Natives would increase by more than half from now to 2060, from 3.9 million to 6.3 million, with their share of the total population edging up from 1.2 percent to 1.5 percent. The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population is expected to nearly double, from 706,000 to 1.4 million. The number of people who identify themselves as being of two or more races is projected to more than triple, from 7.5 million to 26.7 million over the same period.
The U.S. is projected to become a majority-minority nation for the first time in 2043. While the non-Hispanic white population will remain the largest single group, no group will make up a majority.
All in all, minorities, now 37 percent of the U.S. population, are projected to comprise 57 percent of the population in 2060. (Minorities consist of all but the single-race, non-Hispanic white population.) The total minority population would more than double, from 116.2 million to 241.3 million over the period.