Throwback: Suburbs, Especially in the South, Are Becoming the Source of Political Power in U.S.

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Suburbs, Especially in the South, Are Becoming the Source of Political Power in U.S.
By KAREN DE WITTDEC. 19, 1994

While the 1990 census found that most Americans live in the suburbs, last month's election demonstrated a ramification of that phenomenon: suburban voters -- particularly those in the South -- now hold the key to political power.

Indeed, politicians have already begun to see their fortunes shifting, with Republicans predicting a rosy future among the land of malls and Democrats bemoaning their fate.
Yet political analysts, demographers and academicians say the picture emerging of new political muscle in the suburbs presents something murkier than a simple win or lose scenario for either major party.

Some contend that the very diversity of today's suburbs prevents one party from locking up the votes. But others say the suburbs present a fundamental realignment between urban and suburban needs, between the haves and the have-nots, as more affluent people physically distance themselves from the problems of poor urban residents.
But experts concede that an electorate that resides primarily in the suburbs has implications for the future of the nation as profound as the shift from rural to urban at the end of the 19th century.

It is funny how people in the 1990s viewed the Republican Party as a "populist party drifting away from big business".

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The last part of the article even was so foreshadowing too:

Interestingly, the continuing suburbanization of the country could be good for Democrats.
"The suburbs keep expanding further and further out," said Mr. Bullock. "As the inner suburbs begin to age or fill up with less affluent people, we've seen that they begin to vote Democrat. But the rings further out, the newest suburbs, there is no question that they are infatuated with the Republicans."