The Zeno paradox of the arrow says that change is impossible…yet it happens. Obama won by many more electoral votes in 2012 than Trump won by in 2016, and some of the states that switched from 2012 to 2016 are switching back again, voter suppression efforts notwithstanding, Also, the effect of gerrymandering on presidential elections is indirect and minor. A bigger effect is in state legislatures and the US House, but the latter just turned blue and the Democrats made major advances in the former (6 legislatures flipped from red to blue, ). There is every reason to be cautiously optimistic, as long as a suitable candidate can be found.
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