President Biden on Wednesday welcomed Nikki Haley supporters to back his reelection campaign as the former ambassador to the United Nations ended her bid for the Republican nomination. “It takes a …
Democrats have long been a big tent party, but this is just the anti maga party vs the maga party. Is it a winning strategy? Why not just run on policies that excite the base?
Both Big Two parties are big tent parties and the composition of each party has changed sporadically. The electorate today is mostly-reversed from when it was in the early 19th century, where the Democratic Party was the party of the rural areas, and the Republican Party of the cities.
These semi-stable general political configurations are called “party systems”; we’re currently in the sixth of these since the country was founded.
Democrats have long been a big tent party, but this is just the anti maga party vs the maga party. Is it a winning strategy? Why not just run on policies that excite the base?
Both Big Two parties are big tent parties and the composition of each party has changed sporadically. The electorate today is mostly-reversed from when it was in the early 19th century, where the Democratic Party was the party of the rural areas, and the Republican Party of the cities.
These semi-stable general political configurations are called “party systems”; we’re currently in the sixth of these since the country was founded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Party_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Party_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Party_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Party_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Party_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Party_System
It’s possible that we’ll see another shift.