Nate Silver pointed out what appears to be obvious, and Democrats are furious with him.
Both anecdotal and objective evidence show that there has been a pretty dramatic shift in attitudes among minority voters, and most especially among Hispanics and Black voters.
For generations, these voters have reflexively voted for Democrats, to the point that the correlation between their ideological commitments and their voting patterns hardly matched. Cultural affiliation, not ideological consistency, kept these voters in the “D” column, and it seemed nothing could shake that connection.
Nothing, except the rapid left-wing shift of the Democrats and the utter failure of Joe Biden’s presidency. And, of course, Donald Trump’s idiosyncratic political style runs counter to the old Republican way of behaving. Since 2016 I have joked that Donald Trump is a White rapper, and that finally seems…
