Which Party Will benefit from demographic change?

[Governor PiT]

Red states are growing faster but growth in minority populations, especially latinos, could tern some states blue. Also there is a rapid growth in independents. Which states will become "bluer", and which will become "reder"?

[Governor PiT]

Also there was that study by heritage predicting 100 million new immigrants in the next twenty years. In that case we may get a Hugo Chavez style socialist regime.

[Governor PiT]

Heritage Report: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1076.cfm

[Max]

Democrats will benefit, if they come up to my expections and become more populist in the next decades.

[Governor PiT]

Whats with the democrats becoming the dominant party in the future?

[True Democrat]

Right now, Democrats, but that could change if Republicans continue to gain among Latinos.

[adam]

The GOP's wishy washy split on immigration will appeal to the growing Latino population if they deal it out right. However on the flipside, this is hurting their base. I think the utter disgust they are creating amongst their white conservative base will hurt them as much as the demographic change will help them.

[Governor PiT]

I know there is a growing number of unafilliated voters, beyound racial or ethnic lines. Would The Reform Party, be affacted by demographica change, assuming most of the members are white?

[True Democrat]

I know there is a growing number of unafilliated voters, beyound racial or ethnic lines. Would The Reform Party, be affacted by demographica change, assuming most of the members are white?

The Reform party doesn't really exist anymore. . .

[Colin]

I know there is a growing number of unafilliated voters, beyound racial or ethnic lines. Would The Reform Party, be affacted by demographica change, assuming most of the members are white?

The Reform party doesn't really exist anymore. . .

Yeah it basically ceased to exist in 2000.

[True Democrat]

I know there is a growing number of unafilliated voters, beyound racial or ethnic lines. Would The Reform Party, be affacted by demographica change, assuming most of the members are white?

The Reform party doesn't really exist anymore. . .

Yeah it basically ceased to exist in 2000.

I'd put it at after the 1998 elections.

[MaC]

Map of how I see things:

Gray-not sure how things look, not enough data
Light Red-going more democratic (whether it currently is or not)
Light Blue-going more republican (whether it currently is or not)
Red-looks solid, no foreseeable change
Blue-looks solid, no foreseeable change

[opebo]

Looks more like this to me - and this is overestimating Republican movement in the upper midwest just to be generous:

Light pink = moving Dem slowly
Red =  moving Dem rapidly
Light blue = moving Rep slowly
Gray = not moving much or at least not enough to change the balance anytime soon

[MaC]

Looks more like this to me - and this is overestimating Republican movement in the upper midwest just to be generous:

Light pink = moving Dem slowly
Red =  moving Dem rapidly
Light blue = moving Rep slowly
Gray = not moving much or at least not enough to change the balance anytime soon

not a bad map.  How do you see Nevada and New Hampshire moving faster than the others?

[Governor PiT]

Why is Democrat Red and GOP Blue, rather than the other way around? I think the growing latino population will turn Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevado more democratic, and mostly white states like Maine, Wisconsin, and Minesota, will become more republican or independent.

[Nym90]

The Democrats. I think that the public is growing weary of the conservative trend of the last 25 years and the pendulum is going to begin to swing in the opposite direction again.

[MaC]

Why is Democrat Red and GOP Blue, rather than the other way around?

Back when Dave Leip was first making maps he used these colors.  They very well could be orange and green (as he states on the home page).  However, the media-being that they distort things have twisted around the meaning of what a 'red' or 'blue' state is.

[Nym90]

Why is Democrat Red and GOP Blue, rather than the other way around?

Back when Dave Leip was first making maps he used these colors.  They very well could be orange and green (as he states on the home page).  However, the media-being that they distort things have twisted around the meaning of what a 'red' or 'blue' state is.

Also, these have traditionally been the colors associated with the parties; the media's flipping of the colors is a recent phenomenon.

I prefer Dave's color scheme.

[Reignman]

Looks more like this to me - and this is overestimating Republican movement in the upper midwest just to be generous:

Light pink = moving Dem slowly
Red =  moving Dem rapidly
Light blue = moving Rep slowly
Gray = not moving much or at least not enough to change the balance anytime soon

I don't think Ohio is really moving left in the long-run.

[Governor PiT]

Can someone explain why those states on the map are changing? I would gues the SW may become more Dem as it becomes more latino, but white dems in the upper mid west may become republicans, as the democratic party becomes dominated by latinos.

[Governor PiT]

How will California change politically? Immigration may turn CA more liberal, but the fastest growing parts of the state are conservative exurbia, and the slowest growth is in the coastal liberal areas like the bay area.