Regardless if Trump wins the GOP primary or not, his run this cycle will surely have an impact on future primaries. Since Trump has never held a governmental office, will one or both parties make it a requirement that you must have held some form of office before you are eligible to run for office? Would it become an amendment to the Constitution instead? If so, how would people react and would it be struck down as unconstitutional?
Could the parties really make such a rule? The parties have way too much control over our system of choosing leaders as it is. We really should be trying to figure out how to get rid of the party system; it's ineffective and has led to hyper-partisanship (and, ultimately, huge problems with our elected officials being able to govern). Bottom line is that the reason Mr. Trump and the other non-politicians are currently enjoying such huge poll numbers is that the electorate is tired of having people they elect to represent them completely forget who it is they work for. Once in office, politicians on both sides of the aisle become more worried about raising money and blocking the activities of the opposition than getting anything done and actually
governing. Perhaps
that's the root problem that should be addressed, not the fact that Mr. Trump, Dr. Carson, and Mrs. Fiorina have no political experience...
