One large difference between those two parties over the last 50 years is that one party has a line that members toe, the other has a line that looks more like a scatter plot mean of positions held by it’s membership. The Democrats do try at a command and control approach, but you cannot herd cats. The Republicans do try at grassroots, but astroturf has no roots so it’s awkward outside of the many small areas (per capita) where they are a significant majority already.
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