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> it’s so weird to see two political factions that agree on 90% of policy get shellacked and overruled by their respective extreme wings These parties have pri
by tyre 1y ago
> it’s so weird to see two political factions that agree on 90% of policy get shellacked and overruled by their respective extreme wings
These parties have primaries and Republicans are choosing—by a majority—the crazies over the “traditional” wing. They aren’t extremists. They are the party views.
- SoftTalker 1y agoMost moderates don’t vote in the primaries. The hardcore extremists vote unfailingly.
- donatj 1y agoPrimaries are primarily voted in by crazies. Regular people have lives and jobs.
- TimorousBestie 1y ago> These parties have primaries and Republicans are choosing—by a majority—the crazies over the “traditional” wing. Elections are by and large not contests of policy, and I think it’s likely that most American voters (across the spectrum, not just the GOP) aren’t voting in their own self-interest anymore.