Everything sounds right from an outsider view.

First, the GOP is the enabler (started probably with the tea-party).

Second, a slow and boring DNC.

Third, the bible belt as deciding force (just to alter the supreme court's balance, they accepted an adulterer, lier and possibly most corrupt man in the world; morally a zipcode not on this world).

All three factors NOT good for a country, which claims to be the stronghold of democracy in our world.