My personal belief is that it will be at least a generation before the Grand Old Party wins back any significant (>50%) amount of respect and certainly not power. Plus there's no third party that has any realistic chance of replacing the GOP. Of course this is the D's game to lose and they do have a reputation for snatching failure from the jaws of victory. But let's assume for this discussion that under the leadership of fairly young Ds like Hakeem Jeffries, that they play to their advantages.
If that happens and the GOP are considered to be likely losers in any national or statewide contests, then the flavor of D you may settle on is different from someone else's and suddenly, primaries matter.
If you want to assume that this is the story but in reverse - R replaces D - it's the same thing. With the end result being that the political king snake ends up eating its own tail. That's why I don't think this state of affairs, if they come to pass at all, can last much longer than one or two generations.
If that happens and the GOP are considered to be likely losers in any national or statewide contests, then the flavor of D you may settle on is different from someone else's and suddenly, primaries matter.
If you want to assume that this is the story but in reverse - R replaces D - it's the same thing. With the end result being that the political king snake ends up eating its own tail. That's why I don't think this state of affairs, if they come to pass at all, can last much longer than one or two generations.
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