Why Are Democrats Still Chasing White Voters When Brown and Black Is Where It’s At?

“For hundreds of years, what most mattered in America was whether you were White or not, and that question has continued to be the driving force in our politics, as consultants and candidates have competed for the support of White swing voters thought to be essential to winning elections,” writes Steve Phillips in the opening of his new book, Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority. “But the growth in the country’s communities of color has created a new touchstone and starting point for assembling the majority needed for victory.”