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« on: October 19, 2021, 11:58:49 PM » |
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The concept built into the question from the OP appears to present "Strongest State Parties" from a perspective which is perhaps different from the perspectives of students of American Political Science.
Generally we look at "State Parties" when it comes to strength of the "Party Machine", and not just whom won whatever elections in PRIMs and GEs.
There are many States (Including Oregon) which traditionally have a very weak and decentralized Party Structure on both sides, meaning that people don't just vote for the candidate supported by the "Party Bosses".
This can present both strengths and weaknesses for example if PUBs in OR end up electing some random crazy Q-Anon backer, or DEMs end up electing some random full blown Socialist.
Personally, I am a big fan of the Primaries vs the "smoke filled rooms" of the past, as well as all the stuff from Tammy Hall onwards where the workers don't really have a chance to select their candidates, except by default.
Let's dump all of the bosses off our backs and go with weaker party structures vs candidate recruitment and selections, where at the end of the day we all get screwed by the Politicians that vote to protect Big Pharma, cut taxes for the Uber Rich and we end up with crumbs on the ashes of a dying planet.
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