Ryan Murphy has confirmed that the next season of American Horror Story will focus on the election. He says that it is not to be taken literally, and Trump and Clinton will not appear as characters. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Murphy expressed that he wants to give a "balanced view on today's political climate." "…what I'm interested in doing is not just the obvious, single-mided point of view but rather express all sides of the equation." "What needs to happen in our country now is for people to listen to each other…so that's one example of what I'm going to do."