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Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States

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Re: Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States

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This phenomenon and a host of other's happening in U.S currently are the reasons why trump was elected.

Edit: relax people I'm black not racist what I mean to say is that the rise of China's economy and the dwindling influence of whites in the sphere of things globally is what brought trump to power

Re: Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States

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This phenomenon and a host of other's happening in U.S currently are the reasons why trump was elected. Edit: relax people I'm black not racist what I mean to say is that the rise of China's economy and the dwindling influence of whites in the sphere of things globally is what brought trump to power

How so?

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This phenomenon and a host of other's happening in U.S currently are the reasons why trump was elected. Edit: relax people I'm black not racist what I mean to say is that the rise of China's economy and the dwindling influence of whites in the sphere of things globally is what brought trump to power

Does Trump inspire people to have kids?

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This phenomenon and a host of other's happening in U.S currently are the reasons why trump was elected. Edit: relax people I'm black not racist what I mean to say is that the rise of China's economy and the dwindling influence of whites in the sphere of things globally is what brought trump to power

wtf

Re: Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States

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This is simple mathematics. If your birthrate is below replacement rate, pretty soon your population's births will outnumber its deaths.

The only reason the United States hasn't seen a shrinking population (and stagnating economy) like much of Europe and Japan is due to immigration:

https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/11/10/16631980/fertili...

Re: Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States

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This phenomenon and a host of other's happening in U.S currently are the reasons why trump was elected. Edit: relax people I'm black not racist what I mean to say is that the rise of China's economy and the dwindling influence of whites in the sphere of things globally is what brought trump to power

I thought he was elected due to a peculiarity in the US election system that sometimes allows the person who got fewer votes to seize power.

Re: Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States

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This phenomenon and a host of other's happening in U.S currently are the reasons why trump was elected. Edit: relax people I'm black not racist what I mean to say is that the rise of China's economy and the dwindling influence of whites in the sphere of things globally is what brought trump to power

How so?

I'm assuming what they mean is something mentioned in the article:

> What does it mean for the political map? Some experts say that rapid demographic change became a potent issue in the 2016 presidential race — and helped drive white voters to support Donald J. Trump.

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