Robot F. Kennedy

Since the 1790s, the United States has had six different party systems, or voter coalitions. As the country heads into its seventh party system, what will the New Republican and New Democratic parties look like in 2050? Will the Democrats and Republicans be around at all? In this episode, we cover the Whigs, Abraham Lincoln, Bernie Sanders, hip and healthy 120 year olds, a Hispanic plurality, the Apple Store in Shanghai, and the Seventh Party System. This is Robot F. Kennedy. SHOW NOTES John Adams’s letter to Jonathan Jackson (1780). http://thefederalistpapers.org/founders/adams/john-adams-letter-to-jonathan-jackson-october-1780 // The Republican Party is dying. The Democratic Party is dying. Everybody’s dying. Republicans control 32 state legislatures. List of U.S. State Legislatures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures The Day The Republican Party Died (The Atlantic, May 2016): https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/the-day-the-republican-party-died/481