All I can testify to is that I am more involved politically than I ever thought I would be a decade ago. I was of the school that both sides were equally crooked and self serving and my vote didn't matter. I think it was the Bernie campaign against Hillary, followed by Beto that changed my mind. All the sudden it seemed like my vote might actually count.
Trump and Co came along and clearly illuminated the chasm between grifters and run of the mill pols. They killed off the both sides are equally bad for us argument and shone the light on the more despicable pols who only play the obstruction game to maintain a system weighted for them and the monied ppl they serve.
If it stirred me to get involved, it definitely has and continues to stir others. Many others. And like Satchel and UpperWestside, I know there's going to be a strong movement to get people ready for and to the polls for the next couple of elections.
All this voter suppression and scorched earth crap they are running is going to bite them in the ass and bring out a lot of votes against them in the future.
The question is if they have instilled enough hatred in enough of their base to revolt when the popular vote doesn't count out the way they want? Will that base be strong enough to support their "fuck the common ppl vote, we'll put in who we want" program that Brisket identified?