Tesseracts wrote:I'm going to make a prediction right now. The next election is going to be a clusterfuck of enormous proportions that could dwarf the clusterfuck that was the 2016 election. No matter if Trump wins or loses he is going to cause an enormous amount of drama.
I don't think Trump will be the only cause. Just 8 months in, and we have a still-growing division between right and left, as well as increasing division between the moderates and extremes on both sides. Conservatives are still going to be extremely unlikely to vote for a Berniecrat (or similar farther-left politician), and many moderate Democrats will be hesitant, too. The far left, on the other hand, may be extremely reluctant to support any kind of moderate Democrat. The right may actually be a little more unified by then, in their disappointment in Trump, and they might all be willing to go for a more moderate conservative.
Overall, though, if trends continue, I expect there will be significant tumult, and very possibly a good deal of violence, from both sides of the aisle, and potentially even within those aisles.
Luckily, Americans are very good at democracy, compared to other countries. I expect when all is said and done after the election, nearly everyone will do the same thing they did when Trump won: Bitch about how awful it is, accept it, and move on.