[rajbot]

The NYT doesn’t mention that white people of all generations lean republican, and non-white people of all generations are strongly for democrats. White millennials identify as or lean republican 45% to 43%, while non-white millennials identify as democrats, 61% to 23%.

This is important because as the population is getting more diverse, gerrymandering districts and suppressing non-white votes are more important than ever for republicans.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/04/07/a-deep-dive-...

[lockhouse]

I don’t think it’s simply a race issue. It’s more about urban versus rural. Look at just about any US election map and it’s a sea of red with a couple of big blue sprinkles where all the major cities are. Minorities are heavily concentrated in the cities.

Also, people of nearly all demographics become more conservative as they age. This makes sense, because the more you have, the more you want to maintain and protect your current way of life. Those who are young and/or poor are much more interested in pursuing changes to the system as they have less to lose and everything to gain.

[ZeroGravitas]

It's also important as they are measuring from the period of Obama, which led to a surge in black voters which skews things young.

It would be interesting to see if they can separate that effect and it's rebound out.

[rajbot]

Their data goes back to 1992, the start of the Clinton presidency.

[thx-2718]

"This is important because as the population is getting more diverse, gerrymandering districts and suppressing non-white votes are more important than ever for republicans."

That would seem reasonable. If Republican is to be taken as Conservative, then if you are wanting to keep things to how you're used to it then suppressing votes is a natural way to achieve that.