It's been a while since I read 1984, but I had thought "Outer Party" was a description of social class that encompassed far more than partisan candidates for of

It's been a while since I read 1984, but I had thought "Outer Party" was a description of social class that encompassed far more than partisan candidates for office like the ones you mentioned--you had to be in at least the Outer Party to have any job important enough to influence public opinion.