I apologize to America's young people, whose dashed dreams and dim employment prospects I had laughed at, believing these to be a direct result of their voting for Obama.
On closer examination, it turns out that young voters, aged 18-29, overwhelmingly supported Romney. But only the white ones.
According to Pew Research, 54 percent of white voters under 30 voted for Romney and only 41 percent for Obama. That's the same percentage Reagan got from the entire white population in 1980. Even the Lena Dunham demographic -- white women under 30 -- slightly favored Romney.
Reagan got...












So, often in many Latin and South American countries there is a permanent upper class of land and business owners descended from European conquerors. In fact, the Ecuadorian President is the first member of the lower, darker complected class to ever be elected. It has represented an enormous milestone. Couple that legacy with African slaves brought to work sugar, coffee, and tobacco plantations, and you end up with varying racial complexity in the Hispanic community.
It's not some invention by the left, or a conspiracy to irritate white people. Self-identifying as Hispanic isn't about you pbrown.