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It’s Not An Accident That James Talarico Is Single And Childless

Unmarried people are significantly more likely to vote for Democrats, and people are becoming significantly more likely to stay unmarried.

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In the primary election and run-off in Texas for a seat in the U.S. Senate, the top two Republican candidates have six children and two long marriages between them, though one of the marriages failed. In the Democratic Party primary, the single and childless 36-year-old state legislator James Talarico faced the 44-year-old Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who avoids discussing her personal life but doesn’t appear to be married or to have children. Texans could register to vote in the childless party or the parent party.

That divide isn’t inevitable, and a crowd of Democratic gubernatorial candidates in California is made up mostly of parents. Antonio Villaraigosa and Xavier Becerra have seven children between them. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has two. Eric Swalwell has three, if you can hold your nose and imagine Fang Fang’s boyfriend as a family man. They’re running to replace a politically odious failed governor who has four children.

But Villaraigosa and Becerra, et al, are beginning to look like the last in the line of Clinton-era Democrats, and Talarico is starting to look like the future. In a much-polled phenomenon, our........

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