Democrat Coalition Difficulties

Joel Kotkin (below) is not alone in noticing fracture lines in the Democratic Party's coalition. Michael Barone, an astute analyst of electoral politics, writes in the Washington Examiner that the party's hold on Millennials and minorities is not what pundits projected after the 2008 election. He cites the following statistics from Gallup polling:

Obama's job approval among Hispanics declined from 75 percent in 2012 to 52 in 2013 and among Millennials from 61 percent in 2012 to 46 percent in 2013.

Barone also observes that private sector union members are exhibiting disaffection with a Democratic Party that today is controlled by anti-growth greens. He draws our attention to two new constituencies which may vote GOP: 9 million concealed carry permit holders, and the parents of 3 million charter school or homeschool children.