John Kenneth White, author of 'Barack Obama's America,' writes a BestThinking article on changes in America

John White, author of Barack Obama's America, recently expressed that the composition of the American vote is evolving.  In a recent political article for BestThinking, White observes that the American population is not what it used to be.  It is this change in the distribution of the population that is redesigning the majority vote. 

White observes that since the 1970s America has seen four social revolutions, the racial revolution, the family revolution, the gay rights revolution and the religious revolution.  Families are no longer only nuclear; religious identities are more encompassing; tolerance towards homosexuals is increasing; and eventually, "white" will no longer be the majority race. These revolutions have caused a change in social norms. This change is resulting in a redefinition of the population and causing a shift in the majority.  America is moving away from a conservative majority to a liberal one and from "Ronald Reagan's America" to Barack Obama's. 

Learn more about at our changing nation in John White's Barack Obama's America. 

Comments

[Neville Perth WA]

I am only a mere 47 year old from australia but the change that has occurred technically and socially has been phenomenal. As the saying goes. May you live in interesting times. With the financial storm approaching from financial over indulgence by the western democracies you can be sure that this is only the beginning of a social revolution.

[Danny L. McDaniel]

The book is an interesting read, however, America is a center-right country and that hasn't changed. If anything it has been reinforced. As recent polling demonstrates, Obama's personal approval is still high but his policy approval is the worst since scientific polling was developed. There is a long way to go before Election Day 2012. If the economy doesn't turn quickly around, and jobs come roaring back in record numbers, this book will be destined for the clearence sale rack at the local book store.

Danny L. McDaniel
Lafayette, Indiana