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Klaralven

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2. The genius of the two party system is that it allows a small minority to control the government

Wed Oct 28, 2020, 11:01 AM

Oct 2020

Theoretically 26% can win the primary and then win the general with 51%.

In practice, about 40 of people eligible to vote don't vote - most don't even register. Which makes the percentage of the population for control even smaller.

Furthermore, access to and control of the party machinery is confined to an even smaller percentage, as is the ability to influence public opinion through the media, think tanks, lobbying, the educational systems, etc.

So in the end, there is a pretty small percentage of the population that controls the system. Raw demographics isn't really that significant.

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The GOP's monstrous math problem [View all] brooklynite Oct 2020 OP

We've been talking demographic inevitability for decades Amishman Oct 2020 #1

The genius of the two party system is that it allows a small minority to control the government Klaralven Oct 2020 #2

The GOP is doing a better job of attracting Latinos than we are Dopers_Greed Oct 2020 #3

Hogwash. Take that doom and gloom somewhere else. Tommymac Oct 2020 #11

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Shouldn't we be seeing a huge "Republican LatinX wave" if that were the case? bullwinkle428 Oct 2020 #13

Also, see this: bullwinkle428 Oct 2020 #14

Hey, Reince! PJMcK Oct 2020 #4

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