How the Trump Administration Shot Itself In the Foot
According to national demographics, white voters vote at a
higher rate than other groups, but the proportion of white votes is diminishing
based on the age of dinosaurs like evangelical minister, Pat Roberts. I am
still shaking my head in disbelief that this nonagenarian preacher was trotted
out as some foreign policy expert on Fox News to make excuses for the Saudi
murder of journalist and House of Saud critic, Jamal Khashoggi. Evangelical
Christians, who are apparently behind the Kavanaugh appointment and many other
Trump era efforts, make up only 25.4% of the nation or about half of all protestants
and yet are dictating futures to us all. The second largest demographic group
for religion are those who are unaffiliated, agnostic, or atheist representing
29.9% of the nation. Those reporting Catholic as their religion accounted for
23%. The fastest growing religion in the US is Islam.
A quick analysis reveals that the diminishing white
Christian majority will not be the majority for much longer. Experts predict
that by 2045 the US Caucasian or white population will be the minority, and it
could happen before then. I for one, expect to be alive at that point, and
welcome the diversity. The religious right-wing minority dictates to the Trump
Administration and represent a last gasp to reverse this inevitability.
Unfortunately, rising temperatures and sea levels are also edging toward the 2
degrees mark in global warming. I can just hear the eschatologically inclined
orgasmicly describing their day of revelation. Unfortunately for the more sentient,
this is no comfort for the rest of the nation or the planet for that matter.
Short of putting a finger in the proverbial dike, what can
the rest of us do to stop the march to the end of environmental live-ability?
It comes down to the math, the Republicans cannot afford to lose the white suburban
female vote and hold on to their majority. More than twice as many voters with university
degrees voted for Clinton than Trump, both male and female representing 30% of the
electorate. Among whites with less than a four-year-degree, 64% voted for Trump,
representing 44% of all voters. However, the proportion of those women who
voted for Trump was a lot smaller than male voters, with 54% voting for
Clinton, based on Pew Research.
Thanks to Orin Hatch,
Lindsey Graham, and President Trump’s performance before and after the
Kavanaugh/Dr. Ford hearing, they may have already lost those votes. Women, no
matter how conservative, do not consider sexual assault a laughing matter,
taunting the victim of a sexual assault is considered an offense of the highest
order, and calling women dogs and other animal euphemisms doesn’t play well
either. I think its clear this charmless Republican bunch has already shot itself
in one of their club feet. Expecting the rest of us to just “lay back and enjoy
it” is asking a bit much. We’ll see how it blows up on November 6th.
