Two Versions of America Emerge in the Presidential Campaign

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Race, religion, and ethnicity divide the country between what it was and what it is becoming.
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From these con­trast­ing ex­per­i­ences, the parties now sep­ar­ate, above all, by their at­ti­tude to­ward the grow­ing di­versity and cul­tur­al changes re­mak­ing Amer­ica.
As I’ve writ­ten, Re­pub­lic­ans rep­res­ent a co­ali­tion of res­tor­a­tion centered on the groups most un­settled by the changes (primar­ily older, non­col­lege, rur­al, and re­li­giously de­vout whites). Demo­crats mo­bil­ize a co­ali­tion of trans­form­a­tion that re­volves around the heav­ily urb­an­ized groups (mil­len­ni­als, people of col­or, and col­lege-edu­cated, single, and sec­u­lar whites, es­pe­cially wo­men) most com­fort­able with these trends.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/newsdesk/two-versions-america-emerge-presidential-campaign

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1. This brings to mind Cruz's remarks about NYC values...

"You know, I think most people know exactly what New York values are," said Cruz, who added that people in New York City are socially liberal. "Not a lot of conservatives come out of Manhattan. I'm just saying."

But I don't think this divide necessarily represents Dems/Republicans as it is exploited by them for their own ends which is that the 1% rules. That wealthy minority are the owners of BOTH teams. A truly united people is dangerous to the powers that be...divide and conquer.