Before 2016, Democrats convinced themselves that a "blue wave" was crashing over America. Immigrants, minorities, and women would give them a lock on the presidency. Identity politics would sway the popular vote and the Electoral College would go along with it, ushering in a new era of "progress" that none of those stodgy old conservatives could defeat.
After the rude awakening of November 8, 2016, the experts pushing this "Blue Wave" narrative have a new election orthodoxy. Researchers with the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), the Center for American Progress (CAP), the Bipartisan Policy Center, and the Brookings Institution analyzed long-term demographic trends and came to the conclusion that the only hope for Republicans to keep or regain the presidency is the Electoral College. -- More...
