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Yavin4

(36,615 posts)
21. The Latino vote is a distraction to the main issue.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:51 PM
Nov 6

I'm so tired of hearing about the Latino vote when the problem is White anxiety over their declining population

Between 1999 and 2016, the number of white births fell by 10.8 percent to 2,094,000 and the number of white deaths rose by 9.2 percent to 2,133,000. Both these demographic changes contributed to waning levels of natural increase and the onset of white natural decrease (Figure 1). The pace of decline in white births intensified from 2007 to 2016, due in part to the Great Recession's significant impact on U.S. fertility.vi The recession, the greatest shock to the American economic system in nearly two generations, influenced both fertility and life-cycle decisions for many families.

With significantly fewer white births and a rising number of deaths, natural increase (births minus deaths) actually ended in 2016. In that year, for the first time in U.S. history, data from the National Center for Health Statistics showed more white deaths than births in the United States. The white natural loss of 39,000 in 2016 compares to a natural gain of 393,000 in 1999. Both the growing number of deaths (up 180,000 between 1999 and 2016), and the declining number of births (down 252,000 between 1999 and 2016) contributed to the dwindling white natural increase and more recently to natural decrease. In 2016, whites accounted for 77.7 percent of all U.S. deaths, but just 53.1 percent of births.


https://apl.wisc.edu/data-briefs/natural-decrease-18#:~:text=Between%201999%20and%202016%2C%20the,natural%20decrease%20(Figure%201).

And who won the presidency in 2016?

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The DNC needs to keep the ground game that is in Phoenix61 Nov 6 #1
Ground game investment got us nothing JCMach1 Nov 6 #3
We had one for, at max, 3 months. Phoenix61 Nov 6 #6
We need to give up in Texas Polybius Nov 6 #15
I've already accepted it. Elessar Zappa Nov 6 #2
Democrats desperately need new leadership and new messaging dalton99a Nov 6 #4
It's time for a complete and thorough review and some soulsearching KnoxVol Nov 6 #19
Save your lecture for another day. milestogo Nov 6 #5
How about some sensitivity on the part of the people claiming it was rigged? iemanja Nov 6 #8
For most it's just grief talking MustLoveBeagles Nov 6 #17
I'm telling people today -- just one day of mourning. Intractable Nov 6 #25
A day or two is fair MustLoveBeagles Nov 6 #29
Thank you. Cha Nov 6 #11
Something about this election feels off RANDYWILDMAN Nov 6 #7
What's off is the American electorate iemanja Nov 6 #10
Both can be true. we can do it Nov 6 #30
This is why we lost Yavin4 Nov 6 #9
That's above my pay grade iemanja Nov 6 #12
Well, unless we have a message that can counteract it... Yavin4 Nov 6 #14
The odd thing is how many Latinos voted for Trump iemanja Nov 6 #20
The Latino vote is a distraction to the main issue. Yavin4 Nov 6 #21
Good point iemanja Nov 6 #23
This! Blue_Roses Nov 6 #33
The ones that voted for trump have their citizenship, but they need someone to hate so they turn on helpless people Silent Type Nov 6 #28
Not to me Sundance1220 Nov 7 #38
I think it more likely that they were concerned about inflation iemanja Nov 7 #39
If you don't think immigration Sundance1220 Nov 7 #40
I think it is a large part iemanja Nov 7 #41
It's a HUGE issue in border states Sundance1220 Nov 7 #42
This video has a lot of good commentary. Zeitghost Nov 6 #13
No. This is the issue Yavin4 Nov 6 #16
+1 dalton99a Nov 6 #18
That was interesting iemanja Nov 6 #24
I've accepted it. I have no sympathy going forward ecstatic Nov 6 #22
I never want to hear a nonvoter say another damn word about anything. we can do it Nov 6 #31
I will never accept the loss of our democracy. Irish_Dem Nov 6 #26
I'm not suggesting you should iemanja Nov 6 #35
This is why it's so hard to comprehend onetexan Nov 6 #36
Americans are a spoiled people who have not suffered enough. Irish_Dem Nov 7 #37
some people like logic.. stillcool Nov 6 #27
What next election? He already said we won't have to worry about that anymore. GPV Nov 6 #32
I've started to accept it tinymontgomery Nov 6 #34
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