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"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.
by 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.