Tag: American politics
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Democrats are seeing it. Republicans are seeing it. Successive elections are producing feedback, candidates are learning from previous candidates, voters are discovering that supposedly insurmountable advantages are not insurmountable, and institutional leverage is gradually becoming less absolute. The story is…
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The Republican Party has an opportunity in front of it, but capitalizing on that opportunity would require a significant change in emphasis. This is not principally a question of becoming more conservative or more moderate. It is a question of…
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American politics is presented as a contest of ideas. In practice, it increasingly resembles a conflict between rival gangs competing for loyalty, territory, influence, and control. The Republican Party and the Democratic Party dominate the political system, and each expects…
