Parties served solely as a disposable means to an end, rather than as valuable organizations and instruments of democracy.
Conservatives transformed the GOP, resulting in a retreat from the commitments central to small-d democratic politics, obliterating an older model of Republicanism.
GOP organizations in the mid-20th century functioned as civic institutions rooted in communities, focusing on problem-solving and containing political conflict.
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