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So much for just 2 square blocks.
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Some recent political cartoons...
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This didn’t age well…
Say it louder for the ignorant people in the back.
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DailyMail comments get it right
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Let's put it this way, the two party system didn't break after the civil rights act. Dixiecrats became republican coastal Republicans became democrats. They don't break, they realign.
Chief
This is the correct answer, I think.
In a 2 party First Past the Post electoral system, coalitions will just keep reforming around the two poles. Otherwise, whatever 'middle of the road' party is being proffered will never actually win an election. They'll just be a spoiler for one side or another.
More likely scenario is emergence of maga party
No. There's not enough trust in any politician for people to abandon the two parties en masse. Donald Trump though could probably start a new right wing party
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Not sure I agree. I know a lot of sane Rs who split their tickets this year. Many also did so in 2016. Most are animated by Milton Friedman economics and judicial appointments. A few are staunch Catholics who have trouble with abortion. And a few are 2A voters. This year all we’re genuinely afraid of the “defund the police” messaging and genuinely worried about government overreach in healthcare. Ds (and I am one) didn’t have good messaging this year - Orange man bad and defund the police isn’t a vision. There are folks in the middle, both moderate Rs and persuadable Is. if Ds keep bumbling around with crappy messaging and party faces like Schumer, Pelosi, and AOC we will keep letting our asses kicked, as we did in 2020. We need some serious humility and then we need to get behind messaging that appeals broadly. Then we need to fight as hard and dirty as the Rs do.
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I left a little after a year because I felt less time would look bad professionally, but much more would forever brand me a die hard supporter of the worst stuff happening within the administration. Additionally, I would just feel embarrassed about how dumb we looked all the time and would get tension headaches pretty much every day. During my interview with Deloitte, I focused on how I helped the transition between administration's and help smooth policy reprioritization. Not strictly true given how long I was there and who knows what the interviewers actually thought, but at least it was a good enough story to land me an offer.
In terms of my own voting habits, my experience left me pretty jaded about the forces at play in politics. I know what kinds of venal lunatics are at the helm in the Republican party, and it fills me with dread to think they are in positions of authority. But over time lots of those folks will slide into the background. The really scary issue is how I know the (admittedly) conservative media I watch just fawns over abhorrent, unprincipled people. I can't trust them, and I don't have the appetite to dive into liberal media because I think they can be a bit hysterical and also presume some of the same forces are in play.
I just feel like the Republican party I was raised on is now dead. Like I said at the jump, the current party just seems totally out of ideas to actually help people and, because of conservative media, tons of Republicans don't even care.
Don’t see it.
There is a general consensus on economic policies and both parties have carved out cultural issues that they battle on.
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I would also just want to see the Republican Party not, you know, dabbling in bogus conspiracy theories, pandering to reality celebrities and dousing gasoline on the rule of law and society. I’m liberal, but for the right Republican I would’ve considered swinging that way - but not now after they’ve dragged the country through the gutter. Maybe if everyone who has sanctioned Trump’s bumfuckery left and were replaced by principled, competent politicians.
No because any sane moderates voted blue up and down the ballot and the rest who voted for any republican at all are just kidding themselves about being "moderate"