SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Southern Democrats, Aisle, James Comey
31 Oct 2018
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Asymmetric polarization (asymmetric negative polarization) center than the other (democrats: asymmetric polarization - one party (the republicans) has deviated farther from, negative polarization - motivated more by hatred of other people than feelings. Brazilian president sodaro (thought to be minor candidate: ex. Weaker political parties / stronger party identities: parties weaker organizationally. Democrats: party insiders no longer control the nomination process, democratization of the pp"s after 1968 (1) no back-room deals by party insiders (2) bound to candidate voted on by public (3) party elite control over candidate reduced, ex. Outsiders have an advantage: examples, bernie sanders came close and he"s an independent not a democrat at all, trump won the republican nomination and he"d never been a consistent. Republican: 2016 republican party vowed to have dignified primary w/out chaotic group of candidates but 16 candidates, democrats - only 2 real contenders = hillary & sanders.
