What Happened to the Permanent Republican Majority?

People don’t talk about it anymore. Here’s why it matters.

Joe Biden in 2020. Source: POLITICO

The Democratic Party spent the time between 2008 and 2016 ebullient over its changes at long-term political victory. They were convinced that demographic trends and their strength among non-white voters would lead to a permanent majority. The old guard of Republicans was dying out. Their replacements were repulsed by…

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Eric Medlin

I’m a writer interested in the intersections of history, ideas, and politics. I publish every week. www.twitter.com/medlinwrites