Coalitions in 2076
Shaping the Next Political realignment to ensure coalitions are pro-democracy in 2076.
Strategic Foresight for a Better 2076
American political coalitions realign approximately every 30 years. We are currently living through a realignment that is almost complete. We have an opportunity — with substantial and coordinated cross-sector interventions––to shape the next political realignment to ensure pro-democracy tenets are at the core of the next political realignment.
In January 2025, Democracy 2076 and Horizon 2045 launched a participatory strategic foresight process to detect signals regarding the future of political realignments by assessing wedge issues that may divide coalitions, understand changing voter loyalties, and to what extent new political coalitions are oriented favorably toward democracy.
Our strategic foresight cohort includes organizers working to prevent authoritarianism and uplift democratic transitions, trackers of violent extremism, and membership-based organizations. Through coordinated cross-sector strategic foresight to identify opportunities and engage our community of practice to pinpoint and iterate interventions, we can shape the next political realignment to ensure pro-democracy tenets are central to all viable political parties.
We will use this process to identify key signposts for how we know which scenario we are moving towards. A report with the scenarios and signposts will be completed in the summer of 2025.
Our Partners
Political Coalitions for 2076
Horizon 2045 — Horizon 2045’s three partner organizations (N Square, RISD, and the Nuclear Threat Initative) bring the creative process expertise of designers, innovators, and futurists together with the political, diplomatic, and subject matter knowledge of nuclear security professionals.