New Political Blocs

Envisioning a new way of wielding power among Americans for better outcome achievement, here are the blocs of people I think will be reliable power sources: [note: all population numbers are rough estimates; needs to be researched]

Women (all ages; all backgrounds)  100 million adults

Young voters, ages 21 to 32  (20 million)

Educated voters (college grads and post graduate degree holders)  (20 million)

Midwest voters (400 miles on either side of the Mississippi River, from Canada to Missouri)  (20 million)

West Coast voters (20 million)

Northeast voters (30 million)

The numbers estimated above total more than votes cast in the 2016 Presidential Election. That’s because I’m focusing on blocs of people, not voters. Not all will think or act the same as others in the bloc, but focused on outcomes, my theory is more people will be energized to become involved in the political process to accomplish shared goals of value. Thus, the numbers are large. I’m counting on excitement among participating interest groups to power the system forward.

Please note that political parties are so marginalized in this format that they dwindle and die a lonely, pitiful end. Good riddance! The parties simply have not garnered enough supporters for their overall cause; rather, they have focused on interest groups which have not amassed supporters, but divided them. Thus the power of party has succumbed.

Now, let’s examine this template a bit more.

The template is most useful in determining strength of support for various causes or goals. Outcomes, really, those that speak to the people of what ought to be the result of their work together. Perhaps that is a simpler, value driven immigration policy and process. Maybe it is significant growth of women in management of private businesses. Another may focus on healthcare access for all income segments of American households.

Whatever the outcome, the important thing is to focus just on that outcome and work toward its achievement. This work should help raise the public’s understanding of the issue and how it works within society overall. How does it affect the overall well-being of the populace? From this we gain a sense of priority within the mindset of the American public.

A sense of priority: this is missing in our public discussions. We have a general sense of what matters to people, but not what matters most, then lesser, and least. Ranking these issues is important. If we concentrate on the most important issues and work on them until they are satisfied, then we can go on to other issues and tackle them.

Currently, we don’t do this. All issues are dumped into the same hopper of public discussion. This confuses and divides our attention. The result is nothing much gets done. And gridlock continues to be served. Elected officials and demagogues use this confusion to further divide and assemble their own power. We must not let that happen!

I would love to see us develop this template as a working model and see where it gets us. Anything would be better than the current gridlock/power model.

What do you think? Should we try this new method? Would you consider being a part of this?

January 24, 2018