2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOnce the fascists Republicans have destroyed themselves...
...and assuming that they don't take the rest of us with them, the two main political parties in America will be comprised of the two main camps that are battling it out right here. The conservative Democratic Party and the liberal Progressive party. Assuming I survive this mess it'll be interesting to see just how this new paradigm plays out.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Corporatist Hillary will get shredded. The depressed voter turn out says it all already.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)WDIM
(1,662 posts)When Bush tanked the economy and Obama won by a landslide.
But like Roaches they keep coming back...
villager
(26,001 posts)...has become a fascist (as you note)/Bircher party.
So our choices are: Birchers or Republicans.
The question is where the old Democratic party will go, and what will become of it?
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)Are minority voters more progressive or more moderate? Remains to be seen. I'm hoping for a true shift to the left, socially and economically.