The media took a normal regression in polling numbers, mixed it with some common sense about how minority populations actually vote and created a new, diverse “silent majority.” This is a powerful tool. Over the next few years, I imagine we will see an increasing number of moderate politicians and pundits hitch their own hobbyhorses to this diverse silent majority. There’s not a lot of evidence that Latino and Asian voters care all that much either way about systemic racism or funding or defunding the police. Latino voters listed the economy, health care and the pandemic as their top three priorities. The paranoia was fulfilled,” she was saying that all the fears of the so-called silent majority had come to pass.

Source: International New York Times August 30, 2021 18:56 UTC