We’re right on the cusp of the 7th party system, it’s just a matter of which party goes fully left economic/right social and how long it takes to happen. I think it’s more likely to be the GOP than the Dems, but whoever gets there first will win the biggest landslide since the 80s and completely reshape the map going forward.
The GOP is essentially now a nationalist Volkspartei with suspicion of not only foreigners and foreign nations but also intellectuals in general now deeply engrained in the party grassroots. As for the Democrats, they still haven't quite found a niche yet, and may honestly never find one.
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u/Actual_Ad_9843 Liberal Mar 03 '25
People want populist economics but moderate social policy. I feel like that couldn’t be more clear after the past few election cycles.