Teixeira first propounded the thesis with co-author John Judis in The Emerging Democratic Majority, which appeared shortly before the US mid-term elections in 2002 – unfortunate timing, because these saw a sharp swing to the Republicans. But Teixeira says the election was an aberration resulting from the effects of 9/11, and a demographic analysis of the vote still points to the long-term ascendancy of the Democrats.
This is the same Judis who stumped for contra funding in the 1980s. I don't doubt that more and more people will flock to the Democrats as the Republicans get worse and worse. What is open to question is whether this will address the fundamental problems of American society as the Democrats keep shifting to the right. Teixeira works for The Century Foundation, which is a kind of centrist stronghold with people like the wretched Arthur Schlesinger Jr. on the board.
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