America is going through profound demographic change. The latest census results affirm what we at NDN have been saying for years: the Hispanic population is booming, the population is moving to the South and to the West, and the Millennial Generation is on the rise. But what does this new data tell us about how both parties will need to retool going into the 2012 elections? What do these demographic shifts mean for American politics?
Join us on Monday, June 20th at 5:30pm ET for a panel discussion on what the 2010 Census means for the 2012 Election. Morley Winograd, NDN Fellow and co-author of Millennial Makeover, one of New York Times Ten Favorite Books of 2008, and the forthcoming Millenium Momentum, will join us to discuss the growth of the Millennial Generation and how this fast-growing portion of the electorate can be engaged. Joel Kotkin, an internationally-recognized authority on global, economic, political and social trends, and the crtically acclaimed author of The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050, will offer thoughts on migration within America, how suburbs and city-centers will change to accommodate population growth, and what those changes mean for state and national politics. Carlos Odio, the former Deputy Latino Vote Director for Obama for America and Deputy Associate Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs, and now the Director of Special Projects at New Organizing Institute, will offer reflections on the changing Latino electorate and how and where their participation will make an impact in 2012.
Following the panel, there will be a brief reception with light refreshments. Be sure to RSVP here.
For background, be sure to check out the past work of NDN's 21st Century America Project.