Progressive Pessimist
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« on: March 15, 2018, 06:38:41 PM » |
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American politics is a never-ending pattern. Let's say the 2018 midterms are a Democratic Party wave, as they may very well be. Things will look rough for the Republican Party. Then let's say trump gets re-elected. 2022 then also becomes a horrific year for the GOP. Finally, in 2024 the Democrats win the Presidency and the Republican Party comes across as weak as in 2008. Well guess what? The American electorate will probably punish this Democratic President in the midterms as well, possibly following a change in their behavior or policies. Hell, even if Trump loses in 2020, that incoming Democrat President is pretty much doomed in the midterms as well.
Yes, I know that 2002 was a decent year for the incumbent party but the country has become so much more polarized since 2006 that the pattern has started to form and will continue to be as the parties change and adapt as they see fit. The American electorate is very fickle and these ebbs and flows will always happen depending on who occupies the White House. We put so much importance on the Presidency (for better and worse) that whoever it is essentially becomes the focal point of their opposition and those who are in between. It's a cycle that will never really change. Neither party will ever go extinct.
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