2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do we all recognize that the major parties in this country have shifted DRASTICALLY to the right [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Many years ago I wrote in this site that Dems would take the place of the Rs. And we would need a new LW party. This happens in US politics every so often. This is the 6th time to be exact. So this is not shocking to me.
So this fight for "the soul" of the party was lost by the old coalition in 1992. I am fine...I became an independent voter in 2011 and intend to remain such for the rest of my life. This realignment, according to a few political scientists, because of social media, might weaken the role of parties in the US. I doubt it. But it will radically change how they work.
Oh and conservadems will deny they are, or this is happening, until they truly do not need the despised left to win elections. I give it two more cycles. What will disrupt this is climate change though. Magical thinking of the market will not change that process.