I am an unashamed political junkie and am always looking for reports that can help inform the people that visit IST….there is some disturbing writings about 2028…..
It should be a shoo-in for Dems but it is not looking so ducky for them but we are a ways out from the vote and things can change….
First, I know there are many ‘independents’ (I hate that term) which are moderates and their choices are not looking good right now….
The choices they are looking at is the Left and far Right….
I am writing this text with the Americas and Europe in mind, but the phenomena I analyze apply, with modifications, to other regions of the world. We are on the brink of a new world war, facing imminent ecological collapse, witnessing the end of international law, and the end of the distinction between democracy and autocracy. The political paradigm of Eurocentric modernity has globalized to the extent that it has transformed democracy (liberal democracy) into the only legitimate political regime. Based on concrete examples, it is time to acknowledge that this historical process has run its course and is producing perverse effects: liberal democracy exists today primarily to create and legitimize dictatorships; democratic institutions are committing suicide as a normal way of operating. There is resistance, but it will only be effective if those who resist have the clarity to recognize the gravity of what is happening and the importance of what is at stake
Let’s look at ‘swing voters’….those moderates or centrist or whatever one chooses to call oneself….
Swing voters in North Carolina say they are frustrated with President Trump and the state of the economy, but aren’t ready to abandon him or his party as the midterms inch closer.
NPR observed two online focus groups on Tuesday featuring 12 voters in North Carolina who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and then Trump in 2024. These focus groups were conducted by messaging and market research firms Engagious and Sago as part of the Swing Voter Project.
Seven of the voters who participated identified as independents, four said they were Republicans, and one identified as a Democrat. That’s a more Republican-leaning cohort than prior months’ focus groups.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5828924/north-carolina-swing-voter-focus-group
That is scary results….so anyone but Donny may not care much weight at the polls.
It seems MAGA Repubs are taking over and the conserv party we once knew may soon be a thing of the past.
President Donald Trump has remade the Republican Party in his own image, but that transformation could prove costly in future elections, according to a new report.
The share of GOP voters identifying as MAGA Republicans has skyrocketed over the past four years, climbing from 38 percent in September 2022 to 62 percent in May 2026, YouGov/Economist surveys have found.
“It’s a change that has occurred with remarkable speed,” Brookings senior fellows Elaine Kamarck and E.J. Dionne Jr. wrote in a new analysis.
Just in the past month, the 79-year-old president demonstrated that his dominance over the Republican Party remains as strong as ever. Candidates he endorsed swept primaries across the country, unseating multiple incumbents who had openly criticized him — over the ongoing Iran war and the Epstein files.
Yet at the same time, non-MAGA Republicans have moved steadily further from the president, according to polls. While this group only constitutes a slice of the party, it will play a crucial role in determining the GOP’s future, partly because MAGA enthusiasts make up only a minority of the overall electorate.
Now my thought is where will the conserv non-MAGA idiot put their vote…..do they go Dem or maybe third party like Libertarian?
2028, as of today, is turning out to be a chaotic mess…..and no matter who wins this thing not much will change in this country….sorry to be a bummer.
Any thoughts?
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Chaos, discord, and division within the electorate are obvious symptoms of a failed democracy. When people lose faith in their social institutions, they increasingly seek more extreme solutions. Distrust continues to grow between government and the governed until anarchy breaks out. The elites defensively entrench themselves behind their own prodigious hubris while raging anger drives the masses. No matter how much destruction and human suffering results, it is economic collapse which will rob the rich of its most important support system. A power vacuum develops which will be filled most unpredictably. This story has played out time after time in human history. It will happen again… and it is happening right now.
It is definitely happening now….and it seems to be accelerating. chuq