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.

  • ThrowawayPermanente
    43·
    5 months ago

    Fine, we can compromise. Nobody over 75 or under 30 is allowed to vote. Deal?

    • credo@lemmy.world
      14·
      5 months ago

      Lol, I’m over 30. People under thirty have more at stake than I do.

      And let me know where I said people can’t vote. I can’t help it if you make up things, now can I?