TRANSFORMED: 1 in 10 Voters are Immigrants
Article publisher:
FrontPage Mag
Article date:
28 February 2020
Article category:
Our American Future
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When the population increasingly has little connection to the country's history and traditions, and little investment in it, the national fabric breaks down, politics becomes tribal, and all bets are off.
More than 23 million U.S. immigrants will be eligible to vote in the 2020 presidential election, making up roughly 10% of the nation’s overall electorate – both record highs, according to Pew Research Center estimates based on Census Bureau data.
The number of immigrant eligible voters has increased steadily over the past 20 years, up 93% since 2000. By comparison, the U.S.-born eligible voter population grew more slowly (by 18%) over the same period, from 181 million in 2000 to 215 million in 2020.
Just as in the UK, this was part of a deliberate strategy to transform the country and open the Overton window....
In other words, it's a matter of time until Texas goes the way of California. That's the real reason, and not some of the current obsessions of the conservative movement, that the 2016 election was so urgent. If we don't change this, all the other stuff that makes for great clickbait and talk radio fare really won't matter....
Notice how few GOP governors were willing to take a stand against refugee resettlement....