Trump’s popularity with his base isn’t the result of economic anxiety, as many claimed in 2016. It’s about race and demographics.

TO UNDERSTAND THE rise of Donald Trump, you don’t need to go to a diner in the Midwest or read “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance’s memoir.

You just need to know these basic facts:

In 1980, white people accounted for about 80 percent of the U.S. population.

In 2024, white people account for about 58 percent of the U.S. population.

Trump appeals to white people gripped by demographic hysteria. Especially older white people who grew up when white people represented a much larger share of the population. They fear becoming a minority.

  • Tar_Alcaran
    9•29 days ago

    Especially now that you can “become black.”

    Well, if they’re all so scared that white males are the most discriminated against, they should all become black women. Problem solved!

    /S, of course.

    • Flying Squid
      2•29 days ago

      Not a bad plan! Let’s get them to work on it!

      Anyway- I am definitely going to enjoy spending the next few months letting Republicans know that Obama is white based on Trump’s own ideas of race.