ABSTRACT
The concluding chapter focuses on how both the rising polarization of American politics and the changes in communication technologies suggest that third parties are likely on the cusp of again playing a disruptive role in American politics. The Democratic and Republican establishments are losing their ability to monopolize campaign funding at the same time that the proliferation of the news media and especially the rise of social media is reducing that establishment’s ability to shut out information about alternative groups, especially among younger voters.
