I think that the voter age population was almost 90% White in 1968 (
link). It was still extremely high during the 1980s (
link). The present and future demographics do not favor the republicans. Hence, it is why I keep saying that democrats should not ignore states like Georgia and Texas. Texas is less than 50% White while Georgia is heading in that direction. California, which elected Reagan twice as governor and voted for Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Bush for president, has been less than 50% White for a longtime.
What we should realize is that the GOP knows how to campaign. They do not take their base for granted while the democrats do. They will do what they can to get their base voters to the polls while the democrats have talked about going after "moderate" republican voters.
Note that the GOP has gotten the White House after not winning the popular vote twice this century. There have been talk about the Supreme Court, Russia and voter suppression. Add the SCOTUS ruling on the Voting Rights Act to where we do not have the full protection of the act. The GOP will use any method it can to win.
I have said that many red states should not be red states. Yes, voters should and can vote. However, democrats can run better campaigns to get their voters out to the polls.
The GOP plays to win and hates to lose. It will do whatever they can to win even with Trump in the White House.
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