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This demographic has become increasingly aligned with the GOP in recent years, and now makes up a huge chunk of the party’s base. And in Washington, its numbers are stagnant.
The state’s total population grew by about 10 percent between 2010 and 2017, but the number of white people without a college degree, age 25 and older, flatlined at a little less than 2.4 million. And because this group hasn’t kept pace with the rest of the state’s growth, its share of the population has declined remarkably fast.
Census data show that at the start of the decade, white folks without a college degree represented the majority (52 percent) of Washington’s population age 25 and older. That majority is now gone
The white working class is losing population share in all 50 states. Not only do you see it in those states where this demographic makes up the overwhelming majority, like West Virginia and Kentucky, but also in states where the white working class is only a small percentage of the population, like Hawaii and California.
In fact, the white working class is not just receding as a share of the population in the U.S. The size of this population is also shrinking
his trend will surely have wide-ranging effects, including political repercussions. Non-college-educated white people make up the majority of Republican voters, at 59 percent, according to Pew. For Democrats, this demographic represents just 33 percent of voters.
With so much of its base made up of a demographic group that is losing population share in every state, this is a trend that could spell trouble for the Republican party.....................................
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...inks-in-share-of-population-a-national-trend/
The state’s total population grew by about 10 percent between 2010 and 2017, but the number of white people without a college degree, age 25 and older, flatlined at a little less than 2.4 million. And because this group hasn’t kept pace with the rest of the state’s growth, its share of the population has declined remarkably fast.
Census data show that at the start of the decade, white folks without a college degree represented the majority (52 percent) of Washington’s population age 25 and older. That majority is now gone
The white working class is losing population share in all 50 states. Not only do you see it in those states where this demographic makes up the overwhelming majority, like West Virginia and Kentucky, but also in states where the white working class is only a small percentage of the population, like Hawaii and California.
In fact, the white working class is not just receding as a share of the population in the U.S. The size of this population is also shrinking
his trend will surely have wide-ranging effects, including political repercussions. Non-college-educated white people make up the majority of Republican voters, at 59 percent, according to Pew. For Democrats, this demographic represents just 33 percent of voters.
With so much of its base made up of a demographic group that is losing population share in every state, this is a trend that could spell trouble for the Republican party.....................................
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...inks-in-share-of-population-a-national-trend/