Fareed Zakaria

Every other democracy, the party, through some internal means, chooses the candidate and then presents it to you for the election. And what does that mean? That means that the party elders, party officials, senior party members lose power, and party activists, extremists, the people on Twitter, the people who go to primaries, they gain power.

Every other democracy, the party, through some internal means, chooses the candidate and then presents it to you for the election. And what does that mean? That means that the party elders, party officials, senior party members lose power, and party activists, extremists, the people on Twitter, the people who go to primaries, they gain power.

The people I mentioned, their party outlets tend to be mainstream. They're politicians. They've been elected by broad constituencies. They represent, in a sense, the center of the political spectrum. The people who vote in primaries tend to represent the extreme. So it's been a very bad trade that we've made.

The people I mentioned, their party outlets tend to be mainstream. They're politicians. They've been elected by broad constituencies. They represent, in a sense, the center of the political spectrum. The people who vote in primaries tend to represent the extreme. So it's been a very bad trade that we've made.

And it means that the party is really now a shell, as you say, within which political entrepreneurs act. And if you can raise the money and you can gain attention, you become important.

And it means that the party is really now a shell, as you say, within which political entrepreneurs act. And if you can raise the money and you can gain attention, you become important.