08-02-2016, 11:58 AM
Both parties have become ones that buy and sell politics, in my opinion.
One good thing that the over 20 million supporters who voted for Sanders and Trump in the primaries have done is to make it very clear that the American people are acutely aware of it and fed up. Clinton heard the message loud and clear and adjusted some of her positions accordingly, which was smart. Trump has been a buyer of politics and now claims to be against a system that allows him to do so, but hasn't given any details.
Anyway, I agree that the GOP is going to have a hard time surviving, much less expanding, without major reforms and moving away from its weird obsession with the bedroom, the bathroom, and fighting against inevitable demographic changes with fear and derision. Trump's actually less obsessed with the first two than many Republican leaders, but managed to beat out several qualified Republican candidates by lying and capitalizing on the fear and derision the party has cultivated for at least 8 years.
Clinton's nabbing college-educated white voters from Trump and the GOP. Romney won that vote in 2012, but Clinton has a sizable lead with that demographic in this election cycle.
One good thing that the over 20 million supporters who voted for Sanders and Trump in the primaries have done is to make it very clear that the American people are acutely aware of it and fed up. Clinton heard the message loud and clear and adjusted some of her positions accordingly, which was smart. Trump has been a buyer of politics and now claims to be against a system that allows him to do so, but hasn't given any details.
Anyway, I agree that the GOP is going to have a hard time surviving, much less expanding, without major reforms and moving away from its weird obsession with the bedroom, the bathroom, and fighting against inevitable demographic changes with fear and derision. Trump's actually less obsessed with the first two than many Republican leaders, but managed to beat out several qualified Republican candidates by lying and capitalizing on the fear and derision the party has cultivated for at least 8 years.
Clinton's nabbing college-educated white voters from Trump and the GOP. Romney won that vote in 2012, but Clinton has a sizable lead with that demographic in this election cycle.