Originally Posted by kane

All that has happened is that the republicans have gotten fed up first. Bush promised a lot to the far right when they elected him twice and he failed to deliver. It pissed them off. Then they had McCain and Romney, two not-so-great candidates. The republican voters were sick of being promised the same things and never being given them so when the chance to vote for an "outsider" came along some of them took and they have Trump.

The democrats will likely go through the same thing eventually, but right now they are reasonably happy. Democrats liked Bill Clinton and hated Bush, and while they were a little disappointed that Obama didn't turn out as liberal as they would like, they still felt good about electing the first black President. Now they will feel good about electing the first female President. However, I won't be shocked if after Hilary we see some unrest on the democrat side.

The republicans showed that an outsider can win the nomination, now they just need the right outsider so we might start seeing more "Trumplike" candidates.