Based on an analysis of the districts represented by the Republicans who upheld objections to the election of Biden. These tend to be more sparsely populated rapidly growing exurban areas, where more of the growth is in Latino and black newcomers, who are often younger. The rapid gentrification of the exurbs and rural areas becoming exurban is a theme Mike Davis has also commented on. The GOP in these areas is not at all based on people in dire economic straights but on elements of the middle classes. "These districts are also among the fastest-growing in the country. On average, their population growth outpaced that in districts represented by Democrats and other Republicans over the last twenty years. And almost all of this growth has been among non-white groups, specifically Latinos and Asian Americans, resulting in a dramatic shift in the demographic composition of these districts. Since they are, on average, younger, this growth in non-white residents has also meant age and race have become increasingly correlated. Residents under the age of 18 are 3.6 times more likely to be Hispanic and 1.6 times more likely to be Black or Asian American than those over the age of 65. Debates over policies involving a transfer of resources between generational cohorts—Social Security and Medicare, public education, housing—have, therefore, also become even more polarized by race in these parts of the country."
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