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    The Democratic Party of 2020 Is Broken

    The primary process rewards whoever arrives at the ballot box with the biggest, loudest base.
    by Derek Thompson Feb 14, 2020 5 minutes
    Source: M Scott Brauer / Redux

    In 2016, the Republican Party was formally declared broken. And Donald Trump was proof of its brokenness.

    If the basic job of a political party is to influence voters by funneling money and endorsements toward the establishment’s preferred candidate, Trump proved that the GOP was a hollow shell. Jeb Bush spent $130 million—for nothing. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz got a slew of fancy endorsements—for nothing. The most famous Republican politicians said Trump was insane and immoral and a fraud, and none of it mattered. Trump didn’t just conquer the GOP; he colonized it.

    The Democratic Party appears to be breaking in a similar manner.

    Bernie Sanders is not . The senator from Vermont’s political revolution does not require the jailing of political enemies. But Sanders is

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