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Are the 2025 elections a shadows of things to come?

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Thanksgiving is still a few weeks away, but retailers have already rolled out their Christmas campaigns — hoping to capture more shoppers and a few more dollars. So, I feel justified in drawing from a Christmas classic as we reflect on this week’s elections and what they might reveal about the future.

Pundits are already declaring the handwriting is on the wall for Republicans heading into next year’s midterms, as Democrats and socialists celebrated victories in several off-year races. Many on the Right are asking, “What went wrong?” But perhaps a more important question is, “What does it mean?”

In A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge meets the final spirit — the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come — and is terrified by the vision of his own lonely death. Realizing the horror of what he’s seeing, he pleads with the Spirit for hope as he asks the question that pierces through time:

“Are these the shadows of things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be only?”

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Thanksgiving is still a few weeks away, but retailers have already rolled out their Christmas campaigns — hoping to capture more shoppers and a few more dollars. So, I feel justified in drawing from a Christmas classic as we reflect on this week’s elections and what they might reveal about the future.

Pundits are already declaring the handwriting is on the wall for Republicans heading into next year’s midterms, as Democrats and socialists celebrated victories in several off-year races. Many on the Right are asking, “What went wrong?” But perhaps a more important question is, “What does it mean?”

In A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge meets the final spirit — the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come — and is terrified by the vision of his own lonely death. Realizing the horror of what he’s seeing, he pleads with the Spirit for hope as he asks the question that pierces through time:

“Are these the shadows of things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be only?”

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I think the now dominant Sanders/AOC/Mamdani/OccupyWashington wing of the Democratic Party will either destroy that party or turn it into a successful revolutionary party. They WILL turn it into a revolutionary party, but whether it is a powerless fringe party or an election winning party is the open question.

The Republicans are in abysmal shape, working at grasping a defeat out of the jaws of victory.

It’s really time for new parties in America.
 
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I think the now dominant Sanders/AOC/Mamdani/OccupyWashington wing of the Democratic Party will either destroy that party or turn it into a successful revolutionary party. They WILL turn it into a revolutionary party, but whether it is a powerless fringe party or an election winning party is the open question.

The Republicans are in abysmal shape, working at grasping a defeat out of the jaws of victory.

It’s really time for new parties in America.
Americans vote for the economy now more than ever as inequality has climbed and many are on the outside looking in. So MAGA will be toast. I disagree though that many will turn to socialist type candidates. The fringe will not play well in middle America, but moderate democrats will. Sadly, few will trust moderate Republicans. I predict the midterms will be among the biggest shift to democrats to ever occur. Look at all the people groups Trump is irritating. Student loan borrowers, snap recipients, federal employees, all businesses affected by tariffs. But my assumptions are based on a tanking economy, and busted stock market.
 
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Americans vote for the economy now more than ever as inequality has climbed and many are on the outside looking in. So MAGA will be toast. I disagree though that many will turn to socialist type candidates. The fringe will not play well in middle America, but moderate democrats will. Sadly, few will trust moderate Republicans. I predict the midterms will be among the biggest shift to democrats to ever occur. Look at all the people groups Trump is irritating. Student loan borrowers, snap recipients, federal employees, all businesses affected by tariffs. But my assumptions are based on a tanking economy, and busted stock market.
I will agree with you that both parties are becoming more fringe. And I do think the Democrats best hope is a tanking economy.
 
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