Illegal immigration and just the overall changing demographics have a lot to do with it.
Here's a good article I read awhile back.
Here's a good article I read awhile back.
Ronald Brownstein: Dems' boost shows no sign of slowing | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Opinion: PointsTo grasp how powerfully demographic change is reshaping the political landscape, try this thought experiment about the 2008 election.
Start by considering the electorate's six broadest demographic groups – white voters with at least a four-year college degree, white voters without a college degree, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and other minorities.
Now posit that each of those groups voted for Barack Obama or John McCain in exactly the same proportions as it actually did. Then imagine that each group represented the share of the electorate that it did in 1992. If each of these groups voted as it did in 2008 but constituted the same share of the electorate as in 1992, McCain would have won. Comfortably