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Vaguely interesting (Mar 2)

(1) “[A]ll political coalitions in American politics have limited life spans. Issues and problems change. Demographics change. And both parties are locked in a perpetual struggle for an ephemeral majority …”

(2) “[W]hite Republican college graduates and white Republicans who do not have a degree [have] clear differences in their views on immigration, racial issues, politics and government, and business.”

(3) “The parties converged on a favorite candidate early in eight of nine contested nominations from 1980 to 2000, with that selected candidate winning all eight. Since then, in only two out of six races has the favored candidate won.”

(4) “[T]he average age of first-time mothers in 2014 was 26.3, up from 24.9 in 2000.”

(5) “Oklahoma’s middle-class, white Democrats changing party affiliation to vote for Trump could foreshadow what voters of comparable demographics in states like Michigan and Ohio might do.”