Nyvin
Junior Chimp
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« on: July 17, 2019, 06:54:02 PM » |
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There's a very competitive two party system in Massachusetts, it's just that it's entirely contained within the Democratic Party.
The progressive/left wing faction of the MA Democratic Party usually has a larger advantage over the state machine/establishment faction of the MA Dem Party in the state legislature, but the state machine faction will often look at the governer seat's veto to keep the progressives in check.
The system would fall apart if the Progressives ever won the Governor seat, so the state machine can never let that happen. They vote in "Moderate Republicans" for governor, and then the MA Dems only over the vetos that the state machine faction wants overridden, and leaves the progressives held back.
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