And voter angst goes where?

So Mr. Trump doesn’t win the Presidency, nor Mr. Sanders overcomes Ms. Clinton and Ms. Clinton wins. What happens next?

Will this be the high water mark for populism in this century? After their runs for office falter do voters pick up the pieces and find new people to run? Or do they settle back and feel like nothing they do matters?

If Ms. Clinton wins, will she be supported by the establishment of both parties in their attempt to consolidate even more power? And in doing so, how much of our rights are trampled upon (probably subtlety) as they make sure people like Mr. Trump and Mr. Sanders would have an even more difficult time trying to overcome the establishments?

Or do the extremes on both sides actually create new parties to pick up where these candidacies left off?  And if it is the extreme right and a young and mobilized social democrat party do we become Italy in the 20’s and 30’s?  And if this happens, does it fuel the establishment in the two major parties clamping down even more on our rights and our future abilities to create a true populist movement that benefits the middle and working classes.

Funny how the extremes always create the movements, yet the groups that most need a populist movement will revert to the status quo which only does more harm to them by supporting the group-present leadership that has been holding them back all along.

Will this change here after 2016 if Mr. Trump and Mr. Sanders fail in their bid to be President? Would the what was once known as the silent majority wake up and apply what was learned from the two mentioned candidates and move forward? Or will it slip away and become a footnote in history smaller than the last real attempt at a populist movement 100+ years ago?

Voter angst could be a great benefit to our country and maybe even other democracies or similar governments now if applied by the right people. In the hands of the wrong people, we head backwards as a society which leaves the door open to very similar, but probably more dangerous than what happened in the 1930’s. Now I have to admit defining who are the right and wrong people will depend on your view point. So let’s say we are talking about a true reform movement that consolidates the wealth gap, improves the economic status of the whole of the country, gives us true tax reform, improves education, reduces our reliance on a nanny state government, yet at the same time works to move technology and innovation forward, defines what our government can or should do and what it shouldn’t and hopefully helps us all become a country unified in values. We do not have to agree on everything, just have our disagreements be civil, discussed, so the best ideas for the whole in general move forward. Well to me, that is a few of the ideas of what I call the right people.

To a fascist or communist, well there may be a different idea of what is a “right” person.  

The winds of change are blowing, but is it just a spring thunderstorm and will die out in a moment. Or has the winds truly changed direction and, even if Mr. Trump and Mr. Sanders do not become President, their energy spawns a whole new political and hopefully beneficial movement? I would hate to see the opposite occur and the middle class goes running back to the establishment out of fear of the unknown.