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Many years ago I read Upton Sinclair’s book, “I Candidate for Governor, and How I Lost”. He ran for the governor of California as a Democrat though he was a socialist.

Sinclair made the point that to win an election one needed to belong to a party with grandfathers, so he ran as a Democrat.

Great anecdote. And true, too. The book is available online at Google Books.

Many people who might vote for Donald Trump as a Republican (or maybe even as a Democrat) wouldn't bother to vote for a "Trump Party."

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SPOT ON !