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comment by galen

- Conservative media pushes candidates to the right through, essentially, energizing and radicalizing the base.

- Far-right, ideological purist candidates are elected to the Senate, House, or governorships in majority-conservative areas.

- Far-right, ideological purist candidates fail to govern due to their unwillingness to compromise and rabid anti-establishment politics.

- Conservative media pushes candidates for the Republican presidential nomination to the right.

- The party nominates a fairly far-right candidate.

- The candidate fails to win the general election due to their radical (far-right) positions.





khjuu  ·  3152 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh! Well that's good then. Nice to see far-right candidates fail.