Census Bureau estimates indicate that, together, “minority” groups will become a majority in America around 2042. By 2020, more than one in three voters will be Millennials. These groups, along with women, have become the base of the Democratic Party and have the potential to form the bedrock on which will be built an enduring Democratic majority that could dominate American politics for decades to come.

More recently, however,the intensity of their support has been reduced even while they remain no less positive about Barack Obama and the Democratic Party than they were a year ago. The most recent Daily Kos weekly tracking poll indicates that support for Democrats over Republicans in the 2010 mid-term elections remains overwhelming among Millennials (56%-5%), African-Americans (69%-5%), Latinos (49%-26%) and women (43%-20%). At the same time, only a minority of Millennials (39%), African-Americans (32%), and Latinos (42%), and barely half of women (51%) say they are likely to vote next November.

The Obama administration and Democrats in Congress most immediate concern must be rekindling the enthusiasm of these key support groups and making the “rise of the rest” the center piece of their 2010 campaign. Finally passing meaningful health care reform will help, as will continued efforts to improve employment and educational opportunities for all Americans, but especially Millennials. All of the Democratic efforts must be focused on initiatives that will turn the support they continue to enjoy from these key demographic groups into enthusiastic voters in 2010.