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Originally Posted by microbet
I'm just making a suggesting not a prediction. I have no idea what they'll do. But, there can be shifts in power.
Democrat Party could adopt the following simple and minimal concessions and win solid majorities in all of the Federal Govt. elected positions. It would be trivially easy on their part.
I'm 100% certain that none would happen any time soon.
1) Declare
Heller and
McDonald as a core part of the DNC party platform and that "the people" in the 2nd Amendment is the same as "the people" in the 1st Amendment.
2) Initiate a policy of "home rule" process where rural stakeholders have final approval over federal regulations applied locally. Essentially, government by consent.
3) Agree to expedited deportation for all non-citizens (legal or otherwise) who are convicted of any crime where incarceration is an available punishment.
4) Agree to term limits for US Congress and US Senate members. Personally, I'd like 2 Senate terms and 4 House terms, but, w/e.
This would co-opt enough of the GOPs platform so as to take away enough rural voters to make the Electoral College a non issue.
It would not interfere with any other part of the DNC platform that I'm aware of.
There is obviously a similar list of DNC platform issues which the GOP could adopt (e.g. abortion, marriage rights), which would make them an exceptionally strong competitor. But its unlikely that these would be adopted either.
ETA... DP adoption of these issues as part of their current platform probably wouldn't even require the elimination of the super-delegate system, which then guarantees the power brokers remain in power.
Last edited by Lapidator; 11-14-2016 at 02:46 PM.