By Anita Lamee Aggie News Writer Dan Walters, a columnist for the Sacramento Bee, speaks at the Institute for Governmental Affairs in Shields Library at noon on Wednesday.
Economy is evolving toward high tech, every job growth is due to new economy.
According to Walters, who has worked for The Sacramento Bee since 1984, the rapid growth of population is a large influence on voter turnout. Demographers recently predicted the world population will increase by approximately 6 million people every decade. According to Walters, it is therefore a conservative estimate that by the year 2025 there will be 50 million individuals on earth. The second major contributor to low voter turnout is cultural change, Walters said, noting that the majority of California's population is no longer white. The marked decline in the percentage of white population can be attributed in part to the massive numbers of immigrants arriving in California per year.