Originally Posted by rickair7777

Economy vs. Entitlements will naturally always swing in and out of balance, nature of democracy.

Green/Carbon politics is kind of a wild card, but I tend to assume that at some point money talks, BS walks. Unless actual environment impact on the daily lives of regular people influences their politics.

Another wild card for them is immigration. I'd much, much rather have our Latin immigrants, even illegal, as opposed to a politically and culturally overwhelming influx of people who are quite at philosophical odds with traditional western euro values. UK is a hot mess in that regard, basically the left and Muslim immigrants have united and control the politics at the moment. Left gets votes, Muslims get accommodations, entitlements, and freedom from compliance with traditional social/legal norms. As bad as MS-13 might be, at least they don't establish neighborhood grooming gangs (which the powers that be like to pretend are not a thing). And it's hard to speak out, they arrest citizens for social media posts, and can shut down the press with a D-Notice.