Trump’s popularity with his base isn’t the result of economic anxiety, as many claimed in 2016. It’s about race and demographics.

TO UNDERSTAND THE rise of Donald Trump, you don’t need to go to a diner in the Midwest or read “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance’s memoir.

You just need to know these basic facts:

In 1980, white people accounted for about 80 percent of the U.S. population.

In 2024, white people account for about 58 percent of the U.S. population.

Trump appeals to white people gripped by demographic hysteria. Especially older white people who grew up when white people represented a much larger share of the population. They fear becoming a minority.

    • Flying Squid
      2•5 months ago

      Do not dignify that slop by calling it chili just because they call it chili.

      • LustyArgonianEnglish
        2•5 months ago

        An abomination by any other name is still an abomination

        Can you imagine bringing Cincinnati chili to a chili cook off? With cinnamon and all?

          • LustyArgonianEnglish
            2•5 months ago

            The cinnamon and sweetness in it gives me goosebumps