And the republican party had their autopsy moment, "what went wrong?" So it does swing, hopefully by 2018, we'll see a slight swing, then by 2020 the trump term would remind us of how bad the nation is it was in 2008, when any standing Dem will win.

of either political party considering research shows that about 45% of voters say they are solidly ensconced in one of two parties. Don't think much can happen to change that. The real battles will be to demoralize the other side's voters from voting, and to a lesser extent to try and attract the independents.