Dem+Rep Party Platform Prediction 2032 (Main issues compared to now)

[Don't Tread on Me]

2032: Democratic Party

By 2032, most Never-Trumpers have found a new home in The Democratic Party. With the shift, the party has moved to the right overall, while some politicians such as “The Squad” continue to call for Socialism, despite big-business and bankers as a whole now supporting the Dems. Its strongest demographics are among suburbanites, scientists and medical professionals, senior citizens, college-educated women, white-collar union workers, Blacks, LGBT+ indviduals, and college students. The party looks much like a Clinton-W. Bush hybrid, except without the Christian Right aspect.

Ideology:
Bidenism
Cultural Liberalism
Anti-Racism
Identity Politics
Feminism
Liberal Conservatism
Economic Liberalism
Anti-Fascism
Neoconservatism

Factions:
Progressivism
Democratic Socialism
Left-wing populism
Left-Libertarianism
Centrism
Eco-Socialism

Majority: Center left-center right with left wing factions

Republican Party: Republicans have been able to gain ground with WWC and hispanic voters particularly males, while losing much of its neoconservative and “Rockefeller” wings. Those who supported Ronald Reagan are split between conservative wings of the Democratic Party and the increasingly nationalist Republican Party. With an increase in WWC voters entering and pre-Trump mainstream conservatives leaving the party, the party itself has moved noticeably left on both economic and social issues, while becoming more nationalist, while some wings continue to support social and economic conservatism. The party is starting to look like European right-wing populist parties, while unfortunately attracting previous fringes including neo-fascists, white supremacists, and white nationalists. Its most popular demographics include males of White and Hispanic/Latino descent, evangelical Christians, the non-college educated, blue-collar union workers, and farmers. It has interestingly gained ground among some former left-leaning groups, particularly localists and pacifist types.

Ideology:
Trumpism
Right-wing populism
National Conservatism
Cultural Conservatism
Conservative Liberalism
American-Nationalism
Anti-Globalism
Anti-Communism
Federalism
Neo-Nationalism

Factions:
Progressive Conservatism
Christian Right
Christian Reconstructionism
Social Conservatism
States Rights
Welfare Chauvism
Ultranationalism
White Supremacism
White Nationalism
Neo-Fascism
Right-Libertarianism
Paleoconservatism
Agrarian
Autarky
Green Conservatism
Eco-Nationalism
Communitarianism
Corporatism

Majority: Right wing with center-right and far-right factions

On the issues:

Abortion:
Democarts: Pro-choice with party disagreements about whether or not to federally fund it
Republicans: Pro-life

Civil Rights:
Democrats: Anti-racist initiatives
Republican: Anti, anti-racist initiatives

Gay Rights:
Democrat: Supports
Republicans: Platform is in favor of gay rights with interparty opposition, platform is opposed to trans rights with some interparty support.

Separation Of Church & State:

Democrats: Platform supports with some wings moderately opposing
Republicans: Oppose

Healthcare:

Democrats: Keep Obamacare as a compromise between pro-M4A and anti-Obamacare wings.
Republicans: Universal with private option

Social Security:

Democrats: Platform is to maintain with some wings supporting privatization and increasing funding.
Republicans: Increase funding

Education:

Democrats: Platform supports public education with some wings supporting vouchers
Republicans: Pro-school voucher

Environmental Regulations:

Democrats: Support
Republicans: Platform opposes with some wings supporting environmental regulations

Prison Reform:

Democrats: Pro-prison reform, pro death-penalty with some wings opposing the death penalty.
Republicans: Maintain penal system, pro-death penalty

Gun Control:

Democrats: Mixed largely on urban-suburban lines.
Republicans: Oppose

Taxes:

Democrats:Flat tax compromise between progressive taxation and tax cut wings.
Republicans: Tax cuts but tax hikes for offsourcing corporations.

Immigration Rights:

Democrats: Pro with Abolish Ice & reformist wings
Republicans: Anti

Trade:

Democrats: Open markets
Republicans: Protectionism

International Relations:

Democrats: Internationalism
Republicans: America-first

Military Budget:

Democrats: Increase
Republicans: Increase

Voting Rights:

Democrats: Pro-voting rights
Republicans: Pro-voting reform

Interventionism:

Democrats: Pro-human rights
Republicans: Isolationism

Drug Use:

Democrats: Decriminalize Marijuana, platform is opposed to hard drug legalization with some wings supporting legalizing hard drugs.
Republicans:Decriminalize Marijuana, platform is opposed to hard drug legalization with some wings supporting decriminalizing hard drugs.

Stimulus:

Democrats: Pro-bailout during recessions. Platform is opposed to government intervention during recessions, but some wings support intervention
Republicans: Pro-bailout and interventionism during recessions with some wings opposed to interventionism.

Farming:

Democrats: Reduce subsidies for big agriculture, no platform on individual farming. Dem soc. wing calls for subsidies but nothing is voted for.
Republicans: Pro-subsidies

Labor:

Democrats: Moderate on labor issues as a compromise
Republicans: Pro-Labor with some wings opposed to labor

Big Business:

Democrats: Maintain with some wings supporting monopolies.
Republicans: Break up

Big Tech:

Democrats: Maintain
Republicans: Break Up

Antitrust Legislation:

Democrats: Oppose with song wings supporting
Republicans: Support

[The '90s' Last Champion]

In 2032, I expect both parties to look relatively similar, come 2036 or 2040, or whenever the Republicans have lost TX in 2 or 3 straight elections, I expect them to pivot hard to the center socially to try to win it back and also try to salvage places like AZ and GA and perhaps make a long term play for the Northeast.

Also lol at the idea that the Democrats would become "economic liberals." Equally lol at the idea of the GOP becoming "progressive conservatives." The GOP is not anything vaguely close to Red Tory and it will not be anything close to that in the foreseeable future.

[Non Swing Voter]

Dems: outright socialism

GOP: what the Dems were 15 years ago.

After the current evangelical sideshow iteration of the GOP loses decisively in another Presidential election or two, they will have to rebrand as a party that supports abortion and gay marriage but doesn't want socialism.  They will try to win back the suburbs. 

[Non Swing Voter]

Dems: outright socialism

GOP: what the Dems were 15 years ago.

After the current evangelical sideshow iteration of the GOP loses decisively in another Presidential election or two, they will have to rebrand as a party that supports abortion and gay marriage but doesn't want socialism.  They will try to win back the suburbs.  

That's a good prediction. I agree that evangelicalism/social conservatism is on the decline and while the GOP will likely remain evangelical/socially conservative in The South and rural areas of The Midwest, I think they'll focus more on issues such as immigration, gun control, kids sport teams and anti-"wokeness". I don't think the GOP is going to get rid of abortion as a plank by this point, but if conservative millennials and younger show a majority pro-choice stance, I can see them getting rid of it in the 2040's. There's still a lot of party members, millennials included who are pro-life. They might allow for exceptions for rape/incest if the women's vote continues to drop, but that's all I can see for the near future. I definitely see a push towards Socialism, especially among younger Dems, but that will be slow and moderated by the Never-Trumpers. I think Democratic Socialism will be the prominent wing in The Northeast, West Coast, and urban areas, but I don't see areas like The Sun Belt and Great Plains supporting it and with Rockefellers and neocons switching, that will impact primaries as well.

I honestly don't think they'll ever get rid of it 100% but I think they'll just have it as part of their plank and just never really run on it except in fringe rural areas.  Kind of like gay marriage now.  I think they are officially anti-gay marriage but obviously they don't want to talk about the issue because it's already been decided and they'd lose bigly.  I see this happening with all the other religious issues.  They'll just leave it in there to throw evangelicals a bone but not run on it at all.

[GregTheGreat657]

I hope this is the direction the GOP goes down, but you can't be 100% sure that the GOP doesn't just opt to be a diet SocDem party

[OSR stands with Israel]

Dems: outright socialism

GOP: what the Dems were 15 years ago.

After the current evangelical sideshow iteration of the GOP loses decisively in another Presidential election or two, they will have to rebrand as a party that supports abortion and gay marriage but doesn't want socialism.  They will try to win back the suburbs.  

That's a good prediction. I agree that evangelicalism/social conservatism is on the decline and while the GOP will likely remain evangelical/socially conservative in The South and rural areas of The Midwest, I think they'll focus more on issues such as immigration, gun control, kids sport teams and anti-"wokeness". I don't think the GOP is going to get rid of abortion as a plank by this point, but if conservative millennials and younger show a majority pro-choice stance, I can see them getting rid of it in the 2040's. There's still a lot of party members, millennials included who are pro-life. They might allow for exceptions for rape/incest if the women's vote continues to drop, but that's all I can see for the near future. I definitely see a push towards Socialism, especially among younger Dems, but that will be slow and moderated by the Never-Trumpers. I think Democratic Socialism will be the prominent wing in The Northeast, West Coast, and urban areas, but I don't see areas like The Sun Belt and Great Plains supporting it and with Rockefellers and neocons switching, that will impact primaries as well.

I honestly don't think they'll ever get rid of it 100% but I think they'll just have it as part of their plank and just never really run on it except in fringe rural areas.  Kind of like gay marriage now.  I think they are officially anti-gay marriage but obviously they don't want to talk about the issue because it's already been decided and they'd lose bigly.  I see this happening with all the other religious issues.  They'll just leave it in there to throw evangelicals a bone but not run on it at all.

Unlike the Gay Marriage issue, there really has never been that big of a generational gap on the Abortion issue.

[Shaula🏳️‍⚧️]

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i agree

[Proud Family Values]

I sincerely believe that the GOP platform will state that gays should not be able to marry until probably the year 2072... it just is not going to happen that soon.

We overestimate the warmth that the extremely religious conservative Republicans that control the Platform feel towards even their gay family members.

Most of these people will never really change, it's going to be new Republicans added in that make any change, if it even is changed.  

Honestly, they'll probably just double down on antigay and antitrans rhetoric.  They might hint at wanting Obergefell gone, they might hint at the culture becoming too accepting of gay kids... and as for the trans kids, they'll continue to brand them as freaks, queers, mentally ill, and "very confused" children, and their parents as child abusers that belong in prison (while their savior, Donald Trump, remains out of prison.)

Now, individual GOP presidents may opt out of the party's most vicious homophobia and transphobia... but let's be honest, they will be overcome by their party's strident opposition to "sinful lifestyles" and "body mutilations" and "homosexual choice", and all that garbage.

It's the GOP for a reason - Gay Opposition Party.

And remember, Republicans: Be Best.

and uh, here ya go, something that'll make the Snowflakes sparkle a little earlier this year: