Top 5 Possible Post-Trump Directions for the GOP

5. The Party Disbands

The least likely (but also possible) scenario is that following three consecutive presidential losses, the Republican Party slowly evaporates until it is no more. By the time the 2020 (or if not that early, at least 2024) election begins, the Libertarian Party has grown in stature enough that it is now the primary competitor to the Democratic Party. While most Republicans are voted out due to lagging party membership and organization, others convert to Independent, and some more liberty-friendly members switch to the Libertarian Party.

This would also likely result in the broadening in the metaphorical ideological “umbrella” of the Libertarian Party. While currently disdained by many, the mantra of “fiscally conservative, socially inclusive” comes to define the party platform. However, the central tenets of individual freedom remain in tact, with new members still needing to pledge to stand against initiating aggression in order to become part of the LP. The last time anything this dramatic has happened in American would likely be when the Whig Party was slowly overtaken by the Republican Party, with politicians like Abraham Lincoln making the switch.