Neither demographics nor Democratic majorities are our destiny

Every election cycle, Democrats are convinced that they are invincible and on an inevitable path toward a permanent majority. Supposedly, the majority of the country will vote for Democrats if they can just be turned out to vote. 2020 once again showed that idea is wrong.

It is the juvenile analysis you hear every year, often from both the Right and the Left. It goes something like this: Republicans are all old and white, so, as the country becomes less white and as the older population dies off, they are replaced with younger voters and minorities who will vote for Democrats. Thus, the argument is that “demographics is destiny.”