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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is really fascinating work by political scientists.

Essentially they show that Republicans are no longer a center right party. Instead - and especially when put in an international context - they are more extreme than even most radical right wing parties in Europe.

They no longer believe in Reaganism, ie inclusive conservatism.

Do most people see themselves as having a “conservative” cultural identity even cognizant of the shift by GOP Elites? In my personal experience, they really don’t seem to understand what’s happening.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/opinion/sunday/republican-platform-far-right.html[/quote]

Quite interesting...sane people of America have felt the unusual shift in GOP and have been worried. This article explains that gut feeling. The founding fathers idea to have a two party system will be the reason of the country's demise.[/quote]

Except the founding fathers had no intention of creating separate political parties.  Which makes the SC's reasoning on the political gerrymandering BS.

From this wikipedia page, [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States[/url],

[quote]The United States Constitution is silent on the subject of political parties. The Founding Fathers did not originally intend for American politics to be partisan. In Federalist Papers No. 9 and No. 10, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, respectively, wrote specifically about the dangers of domestic political factions. In addition, the first President of the United States, George Washington, was not a member of any political party at the time of his election or throughout his tenure as president. Furthermore, he hoped that political parties would not be formed, fearing conflict and stagnation, as outlined in his Farewell Address.[/quote][/quote]

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