What's The Future Of American Politics?

What is the future of American politics? The United States has under gone periods of political change and realignment creating 7 ages of American history, but now the U.S is preparing for its next great change. With the 2024 presidential election fast approaching, and likely pitting Donald Trump and Joe Biden up against each other in a rematch for the presidency, we have to ask ourselves which way is America going? Who will win? Will the next few years see American politics dominated by the Republican party or the Democrat party? And what exactly will be the defining ideology of either party? The political parties of the U.S are, of course, not monolithic, but coalitions of various factions, and it's clear to see that new factions are slowly taking over both parties, but the democratic and republican parties of the future may have more in common than they think, as with every era of American politics, more than party dominance, there is ideological dominance, the influence of an ideology across both parties with slight variations. What exactly will be this new unifying ideology for the American left and right in the next few years?

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[Wolfpack.politics]

Hopefully, the Empire of Z rises out of America soon!

[Brambrew]

We can never truly speculate how "Republican" or "Democrat" the future USA will be because the definitions, ideologies, and perceptions of what "Republicanism" and "Democracy" mean will change in the coming years, as they always have. Perhaps a better question: how culturally conservative or progressive, how economically capitalist or socialist, or how governmentally authoritarian or libertarian will the USA become? They're three separate questions because they really require three separate answers.

[felrjwi]

Once you remove citizenship as a requirement for participation in governance you have lost what it means to be a nation in the first place.

[dudelehhh]

Would call the new age "the populist age" due to control of both parties moving over to the more populist wings...

[Guardias]

Allowing non-citizens to vote is absolutely unacceptable. Some of the other actions taken to expand voting are also inherently anti-American.

[JTL]

Being a Citizen to Vote.

sounds like the single most realistic thing EVER.

[macsnafu]

As a libertarian, I'm puzzled by the talk of "democratization". Yes, the facts you stated are correct. The vote has expanded to almost everybody. But ballot access is still greatly restricted. It is still quite difficult for independents and third parties to get on the ballot without massive amounts of money. So what does it matter if you have the "right" to vote, if you still cannot vote for the candidate of your choice? Controlling ballot access is more powerful than having the vote.

Of course, things get really bizarre when the party leadership lose control over their parties. Being a Democrat or Republican means less now than it used to, and it matters more which specific candidate you support. Bernie or Hillary? Trump or Rand Paul? The Duopoly has failed to maintain control, but it has still resulted in significant numbers of Americans being effectively disenfranchised because they cannot vote for the candidates of their choice.

[duglife]

Whoever drives down the cost of living and leaves me the hell alone has got my full support.

[diegoyanesholtz]

Florida also has a large Hispanic population, but there they favor the Republicans, they are mostly Cubans exiles and their decendentes.

[Moribus_Artibus]

"For to one accoustumed to the enjoyment of liberty, the slightest chains feel heavy" - Machiavelli

[abrahamlincoln]

Congratulations on completing your 7 Ages of America series, Mr. Z!

[hgdjeks]

The trends are increasingly becoming the rulers vs the ruled. And it doesn't matter what political party you're affiliated with. The rulers want total control.

[BigmanDogs]

National-populism maybe? Socially center-right and fiscally center-left. The exact opposite of neo-liberalism.

[toprope_]

American politics for the next couple years is, in my opinion, going to be a lot of people who can survive in the new way information is widely available, and those who can’t. If you didn’t have a smartphone by 2014, you are so far behind in tech knowledge it’s terrifying.

People still need help cleaning their computer of viruses from younger family members, and it’s those same inept with tech people expected to make policy for a country that desperately needs to make tech more than just Silicon Valley style capitalism.

When AI is potentially threatening to politics because of stuff like deepfakes not even 3 years into the decade, there’s going to be a massive change in how people discern between real and fake information in ways none of our ancestors ever had to do. Not everyone will be able to make that switch though, and it’s especially obvious seeing people 65+ on either side of the American political divide. They’re some of the most unpopular but long serving politicians. DeSantis and AOC aren’t popular the way Trump and Biden are, but they know how to actually address modern fake news in ways older politicians either don’t or think pushing more of it is a good thing for everyone in the long run (it isn’t).

[SlimPickens-vxly]

I've very much been enjoying this series, but highly disagree with many of the points. I won't go into detail on them, I'll just say that it is a big mistake to blindly assume social and political trends today will simply continue on forever.

[SkiLILs]

Fair and free elections are a hallmark for a constitutional republic. That's what America needs.

[SagaFraga]

The trends are whatever the song “rich men north of Richmond” speak too. That’s the future of U.S. politics and history.

[TannerSwizel]

Democratization and Liberalism are two very different things, and the Right needs to realize this and fight this false equivalency tooth and nail. A democratized entity is neither liberal or illiberal until they vote in favor of one or the other. The only truly liberal safeguard is a constitution that strongly defends individual rights, otherwise a democracy will gladly vote their liberal/free individual rights away, or vote in executive and judicial entities that will subvert a weak constitution to misinterpret their rights.

[Lightman]

What we need is a ban on politicians serving past the retirement age. Old enough to collect social security? Go do that and stop messing up the country with your senility. An unsettling number of politicians [and presidential candidates] have been alive longer than Alaska and Hawaii have been states.

[kennethcook]

With the declining quality of American life, inflation, high living costs, social and economic inequalities, we are in a pretty bad spot. The situation resembles the turn of the century america or Weimar germany. With that I expect america will go one of several ways, as follows:

1. We Get a Theodore Roosevelt style progressive who will roll back the declining quality of life in the nation.
2. The far right to take control of the country.
3. The far-left to take control of the country.
4. America could break up into multiple smaller nations each with their own ideologies ranging from far-left to far-right, and everything in-between.

Of course, I believe the first option is the most likely, but, I never know.