```json
{
    "title": "The failing Democratic Party",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2004/11/05/the-failing-democratic-party/",
    "datePublished": "2004-11-05",
    "dateModified": "2022-04-18",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Link: andrewcoyne.com: It's the Hispanics, stupid. In my opinion, the Democratic Party is a dinosaur. It has lost the evolutionary battle to the Republicans, and no longer represents a viable…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# The failing Democratic Party

Link: [andrewcoyne.com: It's the Hispanics, stupid](http://andrewcoyne.com/archives/004040.php).

In my opinion, the Democratic Party is a dinosaur. It has lost the evolutionary battle to the Republicans, and no longer represents a viable entity on the US National scene. Harsh, but true words.

Their power-base has been shrinking since 1976. They have yet to latch onto the new vision that Americans have of themselves. They are a party of the urban dis-enfranchised, minority  and university-educated voters, especially if you look at the county-by-county electoral map in the 2004 election.

The Democratic Party, if it is to survive, must abandon the National scene, and return to the local scene to try and survive.