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<blockquote data-quote="froginaustin" data-source="post: 783098" data-attributes="member: 785"><p>:laugh: </p><p></p><p>Around 15 years ago it was very fashionable for the far left of the Democratic Party to demand Statehood for D.C.-- 2 Senators and as many Congressional seats (2 or 3, IIRC) as their population base would support. The 1990 census had D.C. as 74% African American, and everyone simply assumed that a State of Washington, D.C., would send not only an all-Democratic delegation but an all-leftist delegation to Congress.</p><p></p><p>In 2008, I heard no one seriously campaigning for D.C. Statehood, and no one really pressing the serious candidates (Obama and Hillary) to support D.C. Statehood or else.</p><p></p><p>Now it seems that the 2010 census will show D.C. to be majority white, for probably the first time since the end of the Civil War. And the demographic driving this population shift is what we used to call "yuppies", upper middle class whites gentrifying old neighborhoods. It seems that making assumptions about the political impact of demographic change can be a risky business, at least over the long haul. :laugh:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="froginaustin, post: 783098, member: 785"] :laugh: Around 15 years ago it was very fashionable for the far left of the Democratic Party to demand Statehood for D.C.-- 2 Senators and as many Congressional seats (2 or 3, IIRC) as their population base would support. The 1990 census had D.C. as 74% African American, and everyone simply assumed that a State of Washington, D.C., would send not only an all-Democratic delegation but an all-leftist delegation to Congress. In 2008, I heard no one seriously campaigning for D.C. Statehood, and no one really pressing the serious candidates (Obama and Hillary) to support D.C. Statehood or else. Now it seems that the 2010 census will show D.C. to be majority white, for probably the first time since the end of the Civil War. And the demographic driving this population shift is what we used to call "yuppies", upper middle class whites gentrifying old neighborhoods. It seems that making assumptions about the political impact of demographic change can be a risky business, at least over the long haul. :laugh: [/QUOTE]
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