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We're talking about the US here, please tell me which states are autocratic because at a cursory glance that is a brain dead response. Is Florida an autocratic

We're talking about the US here, please tell me which states are autocratic because at a cursory glance that is a brain dead response. Is Florida an autocratic state because the GOP control all three branches of government? Is Massachusetts an autocratic state because the Democratic party control all three branches of government? What about California, add in their jungle primaries as something that makes them extremely competitive when it comes to running elections, are they too autocratic because the Democratic politicians control all three branches? Sorry but words have meanings, just because you want to misuse them doesn't mean we have to accept it. You conflating autocracy with competitive elections is just foolish.

throwaway48476 2y ago
I'm not. In China political struggle is hidden from the public and happens behind the scenes. Same thing happened in the Soviet Union. This made me interested in how autocratic political systems operate but there's not much scholarship on this. I found studying one party systems in America to be helpful in understanding the autocratic political system. In a one party rule state the senatorial/gubernatorial race is not competitive and always won by the one party in power. To appear on the ballot as a representative of that party requires the party endorsement. In effect the party endorsement is the election. However the endorsement process is controlled by the party and not open to the public. Endorsement selection is based primarily on how much money the prospective candidate can get their friends to donate. (From this money some percent is kicked back to the party and the rest is spent on services provided by party apparatchiks. It is a closed ecosystem). The other requirement is canonical adherence, though this is more required for national politics. How the parties work behind closed doors I'm less familiar with because im not an insider, in the Chinese communist party case or the American case.

throwaway48476 2y ago

I'm not. In China political struggle is hidden from the public and happens behind the scenes. Same thing happened in the Soviet Union. This made me interested in how autocratic political systems operate but there's not much scholarship on this. I found studying one party systems in America to be helpful in understanding the autocratic political system. In a one party rule state the senatorial/gubernatorial race is not competitive and always won by the one party in power. To appear on the ballot as a representative of that party requires the party endorsement. In effect the party endorsement is the election. However the endorsement process is controlled by the party and not open to the public. Endorsement selection is based primarily on how much money the prospective candidate can get their friends to donate. (From this money some percent is kicked back to the party and the rest is spent on services provided by party apparatchiks. It is a closed ecosystem). The other requirement is canonical adherence, though this is more required for national politics. How the parties work behind closed doors I'm less familiar with because im not an insider, in the Chinese communist party case or the American case.