Both parties[US] are vulnerable from a populist pov.
“Both parties[US] are vulnerable from a populist pov.” It almost seems that your current President is determined to see things crash. His party and the GOP are pretty much complicit in letting it happen.
Here in Australia, we have the ability to vote in independents or smaller parties into both the lower and upper houses. At times like these more independents seem to end up in the Senate to keep the ruling party in check and prevent an ideological free for all. Politicians hate it when they are in power but love it when they are not.
The more the trust there is at the voting booth during a particular election cycle the less independents we seem to find in the Senate. Some would disagree with me but I think it is the great balance of our system and we have really needed it since our great Prime Minister (John Howard) was voted out.