Real Clear Politics- Bronson Engel

The U.S. is becoming more racially diverse. But Democrats may not benefit. A woman named Lilla from Columbia University believes that she thinks a reason that Hillary Clinton did not win the election is because she was focusing to much on specific groups of people like minorities, religions, occupations and she did not really appeal to the white working class. Some people might view her as racist and that she is trying to abandon the minorities, people of religion or specific occupations. It is shown that the democrats are losing white votes in recent elections including those of the House and Senate, to compensate for those lost votes they rely heavily on the majority of the minority vote. This might be a good thing for the democratic party in the future because America is diversifying more and more each year and soon the Democratic might hold the popularity among the entire United States. Although, relying on the majority of the minority vote is more problematic than people realize. And as recent patterns shows most commonly among U.S. born Asians and Latinos they complicate with the white/majority of the population. This shows that those "minorities" might behave more politically like whites than the common assumptions show. Overall, without winning a large share of the white vote, there should not be much optimism about the Democratic political strength.