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Originally Posted by Don
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I don't think a new party will appear or that an existing party will disappear, but I do think it is possible for voting blocks to migrate. White democrats will migrate to the GOP and pro-nationalist voices will get louder. That is how the trend is starting to look. It's awfully early to make long term projections, but it's hard not to try.
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The most dramatic thing happening in party politics is (in California, at least) that it is no longer necessary to register with a political party to vote. People registered as "decline to state" are a steadily growing number. The most significant part of party politics is not either the Democrats or the Republicans, it is the alleged "two party system". This is what has to go and the surest way to get rid of it is to get rid of the primary elections. The only purpose of the primary elections is as a public service, funded by the taxpayers, to organize and enable the nominations of candidates of the Democrats and the Republican for various political offices and especially the presidency. The primary elections are all too often confused by the public as being a necessary part of government. They aren't. They are a public service provided to eligible parties, paid for by the taxpayers. It is not even necessary for political parties to run elections to choose nominees.
In a way, political parties are obsolete. It is too easy for people of like mind to organize independently and spontaneously and share ideas given modern communications technology, like this very forum, for example.
Where else in the country can people register "decline to state" or some equivilance?