The Trend That's Scaring The Hell Out Of Republicans

Have you wondered why Republican politicians are trying every trick they know to suppress voting (especially among non-whites) -- like Voter ID, purging voter rolls, gerrymandering, etc.? Of course, one reason is that non-whites don't tend to vote for Republicans (because of their racist and xenophobic policies).

But the big reason is that they see Whites becoming a minority in this country, and with their base refusing to allow more inclusive policies, that spells doom for the Republican Party. And the demographic change is not that far down the road.

The map above and the paragraphs below are from Axios.com:

By 2045, the U.S. as a whole is projected to become majority minority. And the changes are already underway: non-white Americans are now the majority of the population in four states, as well as in the most prosperous and powerful U.S. cities.

Why it matters: The U.S. faces two possible futures: A thriving nation that embraces its new demographic makeup, or an escalation of fighting, racism and xenophobia.

By the numbers: Since 2010, non-Hispanic white people have become the minority in 32 more U.S. counties — for a total of 372 counties, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The trends are largely due to a rise in Hispanic and Asian immigrants as well as slightly higher birth rates among non-whites.

• Next year, the entire under 18 population will be majority non-white, according to William Frey, a Brookings Institution demographer and author of "Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America." 
• In less than a decade, the population under 30 will be majority non-white.

The demographic shifts are already having an impact on our national identity, politics and the generational gap, according to sociologists and demographers who have studied the trends.