#America six party quiz full#

The economic core of right-wing populism remains anti-global “producerism versus parasitism.” Employed workers, business owners, real estate developers, small bankers are all “producers.” They oppose “parasite” groups above and below, but mainly those below them-the unemployed (“Get a Job!” as an epithet), the immigrants, poor people of color, Muslims, and “the Other” generally. This “party,” as mentioned, has taken over the GOP and is now tightening its grip. The Six-Party System The Right-wing Populists

The GOP umbrella covers Donald Trump’s Rightwing Populists, the Christian Nationalists, and the Never-Trumpers. Under the Democratic tent, the three main groups remain as the Blue Dogs, the Third Way Centrists and the Rainbow Social Democrats. The Democratic and the Republican Party each contain three such clusters, as they have since 2016. Instead, they are constantly changing coalitions of these clusters with no firm commitment to program or discipline. The point is taken, but I would also argue that the major parties in the U.S., in general, are not ideological parties in the European sense. Some critics have objected to my use of the term “party” for factional or interest group clusters.

#America six party quiz full#

What follows is an abbreviated version of the explanation you can read it in full here. Every two years, I’ve revised the model, and now, with the November 2022 elections coming up, it’s time for another update. In 2014, I first suggested setting aside the traditional “two-party system” frame for US politics, which obscures far more than it reveals, and making use of a “six-party” model instead. The electoral strategic terrain is constantly changing, and we don’t want to be stuck with old maps and faulty models.