To add to the consensus— if a random person actually had a favorable matchup against a career politician of any stripe, that would be a massive low-hanging fruit for existing political actors to capitalize on. The RNC and DNC would be falling all over themselves to present “average joe” candidates if doing so provided a consistent advantage. They’re not, so it follows that either those organizations are both highly un-optimized for winning elections (probably not; too much money at stake) or else that the evidence doesn’t bear out that they should.
I don’t buy this. I think RNC and DNC are not just trying to win votes; the individuals within those orgs are mainly trying to preserve and increase their own power, which entails winning votes, but it also entails a bunch of internal coalition stuff.
Grabbing an excelent non-politician, and grooming him or her for power, and then attempting to put him in a position of power, without “climbing the ranks”, isn’t obviously in the interest of any of the party officials of either party.
To add to the consensus— if a random person actually had a favorable matchup against a career politician of any stripe, that would be a massive low-hanging fruit for existing political actors to capitalize on. The RNC and DNC would be falling all over themselves to present “average joe” candidates if doing so provided a consistent advantage. They’re not, so it follows that either those organizations are both highly un-optimized for winning elections (probably not; too much money at stake) or else that the evidence doesn’t bear out that they should.
I don’t buy this. I think RNC and DNC are not just trying to win votes; the individuals within those orgs are mainly trying to preserve and increase their own power, which entails winning votes, but it also entails a bunch of internal coalition stuff.
Grabbing an excelent non-politician, and grooming him or her for power, and then attempting to put him in a position of power, without “climbing the ranks”, isn’t obviously in the interest of any of the party officials of either party.