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Ehhhhhhh I don't really agree with that. It represents what the people who care about that particular issue want. Saying it's the vanguard of the party, or that
by xxpor 5y ago
Ehhhhhhh I don't really agree with that. It represents what the people who care about that particular issue want. Saying it's the vanguard of the party, or that US parties can even have vanguards, is kind of silly. They're just too large and have a diversity of opinions.
- civilized 5y ago"It's not what the party wants, it's what the people who care about this issue within the party want" seems like a distinction without a difference.
- xxpor 5y agoIt means that how things become salient is very different. For example, all of this school board nonsense. It appears they've started to cross the line, and people have begun to notice. And now there's pressure to move more toward the average position of the party. It's quite different from these more centralized states with party platforms that actually mean something.
- civilized 5y agoI hope you're right. In the meantime voters are going Republican in VA and NJ.