Which states will shift Republican over the next few decades?

[TJ in Oregon]

You folks realize the GOP is pretty much a sitting duck now? It's too late for it to evolve. Once a party is taken over by the most extreme elements, that's it. That's how parties die off.

If the GOP were to die off, then the Democrats would just be taken over by extreme elements and cause GOP to be resurrected, some other party to rise, or the Democrats to split. If there was no GOP threat, the Democrats would all be in the mold of Pete Stark or Alan Grayson. This would scare off the American electorate into voting for something else, perhaps an organized Tea Party.

The US political system all but guarentees two parties and whoever is in power will be subject to more scrutiny than the opposition. We will remain essentially a 50-50 Rep and Dem country until the system changes.

[TJ in Oregon]

You folks realize the GOP is pretty much a sitting duck now? It's too late for it to evolve. Once a party is taken over by the most extreme elements, that's it. That's how parties die off.

If the GOP were to die off, then the Democrats would just be taken over by extreme elements and cause GOP to be resurrected, some other party to rise, or the Democrats to split. If there was no GOP threat, the Democrats would all be in the mold of Pete Stark or Alan Grayson. This would scare off the American electorate into voting for something else, perhaps an organized Tea Party.

The US political system all but guarentees two parties and whoever is in power will be subject to more scrutiny than the opposition. We will remain essentially a 50-50 Rep and Dem country until the system changes.

That's vague.

I should have said “unless the system changes", ie. we change to a parliamentary system or allow second-choice votes or something of that nature.

[TJ in Oregon]

Is this the 2092 electoral map that some of the Democrats on this forum are expecting? Or will we have a new party? What will replace the GOP if it dies off? Will our US political system completely change by then, rendering this discussion moot? Are we in a Brave New World or something?