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> American political parties aren't like the Communist Party (which chooses you and can kick you out), they don't have any way to discipline elected officials w
by AnimalMuppet 1y ago
> American political parties aren't like the Communist Party (which chooses you and can kick you out), they don't have any way to discipline elected officials who don't toe the line.
Unless that is absolutely forbidden by US election law, Musk's new party may in fact have a way to do that. He gets to write the rules. He's also (at least initially) the one who supplies the money, so he could presumably choose to not fund the campaign of any candidate that he decided he didn't like.
- dragonwriter 1y ago> Unless that is absolutely forbidden by US election law The weak state of US party discipline is largely a mix of direct consequences of the combination of federal and state electionand campaign finance law, from the broad shape of the electoral system to the specific ways in which elections and campaign finance work, and indirect consequences of the same law (e.g., what is advantageous to actually winning seats giving the direct consequences of the law.)