The GOP's dwindling base now consists of white, married people who identify themselves as "Christians." In the 2006 mid-terms, that bunch went for the GOP by a 62-38 margin and everyone else voted Dem by an even more decisive 68-32 spread.
The partisan gap between white, married folks who identify themselves as Christian and the rest of the country is growing:
And the problem for the GOP is that while there are a lot of married couples, plenty of people who are white, a lot of folks who call themselves Christian, there are fewer and fewer Americans who share all three traits:
[These graphs are from Alan Abramowitz's "The Incredible Shrinking Base."]
This has a lot of Republicans concerned, but fortunately for them, they've got Rosanna Pulido, a Latina and the GOP's candidate to fill the seat vacated by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
