It was predicted several times here - he sees what's coming and is making excuses three weeks out. So that's going to be the meme after the election for the Trumpsters.
I can understand why Democrats from coast to coast are doing the Happy Dance, but we really do need two strong, serious parties.
Does the GOP become a regional party going forward, or is there a way to fix this? And how long would that take?
And what do Trump and his fans do from here?
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I'm not sure they can. The thing was, in 2013, the GOP did an Autopsy that said two things.
1) We have to reach out to non-whites, especially Hispanics, if we want to have a future.
2) We have to reach out to women, and address their concerns.
Instead, the GOP electorate nominated a race-baiting, *****-grabbing Nazi Orange hairpiece.
The thing is, in the 2018 midterms, the GOP is probably going to do pretty well. They have a pretty good shot in 2020 because Hillary is not going to be popular, even if there isn't an event like a recession or a war.
So they are probably going to write Trump off as an anamoly and leave it at that, without addressing some of the valid concerns he brought up, such as the new economy has left the white working class behind.
The bigger concern i have out of this election is how much of the electorate HAS given up on the status quo. As I stated in another thread, when a major political party nominated someone so far outside the mainstream, the voters rejected them. Goldwater lost 44 states, and McGovern lost 49, even going up against flawed opponents.
Trump will probably win most of the same states that McCain and Romney won.
The fact that half the Republicans supported a Nazi and half the Democrats supported a Communist says people are giving up on democracy. That should worry both parties.