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The only long-term solution is for one of the two parties to lose so soundly, so completely, that they effectively lose all voice in governance and have to change their policies. It happened hundreds of years ago with the whigs, and it can happen again. In that instance, the democratic umbrella would probably splinter into two new parties if the GOP faded away, one "centrist-moderate" group and one more progressive group.

But that's assuming the GOP goes on a loss-streak and the overton window shifts left. Every time the GOP wins it's a long-term setback to having more progressive parties in the country. The same could be said for the other side. If the Dems lost over and over and over, then the dem party itself becomes more conservative over time.

That's why EVERY election matters. Because policies and the thought war itself gradually shift over decades. All we can do is decide which direction it will slowly move.