I am not sure there are enough zealots on either side to actually come to a wide spread civil disruption. Think about it, who feels strongly enough about their party to seriously give up their lives, liberty and posterity?
The Republicans are practically useless. The Dems are completely useless.
I am not about to give me life for either of those two groups, neither of which (as a whole) gives a sh!t about me or my family.
We haven’t had even 65% eligible voter turnout since 1908, most of the time it has been way less than that, and even less for state and local. So the eligible voters who choose not to vote are actually a bigger % than the turnout for any single party.
Also, the poorest are now the most likely to be obese. I don’t think that has ever happened before, hard to imagine them choosing the hardship sustained civil unrest would bring.
Interrupt the internet/social media/easy entertainment sources and you might see something. There’s generations now that have always had super easy access to entertain themselves with technology. Don’t know how they would handle losing it.
Freegards