Demographic Change Giveth and Demographic Change Taketh Away
Why Conventional Interpretations Are Almost Always Wrong
Last week, Republicans took the mayoralty in McAllen, Texas. This is an 85 percent Hispanic city which Hillary Clinton carried by 40 points in 2016; that margin was cut in half by Trump in 2020 and now we have an outright GOP win in the city.
What’s going on? Wasn’t demographic change supposed to help the Democrats? Was that idea wrong?
Not exactly. The …
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