the Republican Party has become so extreme

[wvit1001]

as you can see, back around 1900 the parties were pretty polarized. Democrats spent the next 40 years moving to the center, but ever since the Depression they’ve become steadily more liberal. Democrats are now back to where they were in 1900.

Republicans showed a similar pattern: the party moved toward the center for 75 years, but ever since the Reagan era they’ve become steadily more conservative. By 1990 they were back to about where they were in 1900.

In other words, everything is fairly normal all the way until 1990. The two parties moved back and forth but they both ended up at about the same place: their 1900 position. The difference is all in the years since then.


It’s only since the early ’90s that the Republican Party has become so extreme. As usual, I blame this on Newt Gingrich, the man who invented modern Republican politics. It’s a politics of rage and personal destruction, and the only way to keep that up is to become ever more extreme. It hardly seems possible that this can keep up much longer, but then, we liberals have been saying that for a long time. As Keynes said in a different context, “The market can stay irrational a lot longer than you can stay solvent.” Still, it can’t stay crazy forever. At some point the rage bubble is going to break.

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/06/the-republican-rage-bubble-is-now-30-years-old/

[dont-blameme]

1978 was the year the democrats started welcoming socialist and communist leaning democrats in their party, now days they have really opened up to the extreme far left and now welcome radical muslims!

[Jim]

 
Just like a Democrat that embraces Socialism (which is FAR Left) thinking its Republicans that are moving further away when in reality its Democrats that are on that Socialist boat and Republicans who are on the solid land. 
 
Democrats have not yet realized its the Socialist boat moving away from the American Land and not the American land moving away from the boat.

 

[Truman62]

Just like Republicans to embraces Totalitarianism (which is FAR Right) thinking.
Republicans are moving further and further away Democrats are on the solid land. 

Trumpettes have not yet realized its their Dictator's boat moving away from the American Land and not the American land moving away from the boat.

[wvit1001]

the republican party is dying.