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Where’s the Party?
I belong to no organized political party. I am a Democrat.
—Will Rogers, social commentator
As a satirist from the Progressive Era to the Great Depression, Will Rogers feasted off the extremes of American politics. Although the quote above refers to his personal political affiliation, the significance of Rogers’ observation lies with the impact of his first sentence: American political parties are inherently disorganized, in fact disorganized almost by design. Look around almost anywhere in the United States and you’re more ...
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