The 15% of the population who adhere to extreme leftwing ideologies took over the Democrat party in the last 20 years.
The ideologically free GOP-e has taken over the Presidential selection inside the Republican party,but it is definitely a minority party operation. Else, they'd been able to STOP Southern Democrats moving en masse to the Republican standard, or the infiltration of active, practicing, church attending Catholics also moving into the Republican party. Fur Shur the GOP-e has not had much luck stifling the TEAParty although they try.
The GOP-e seems to not have a sense of self-identity although the rest of us do know who they are ~ call it "E-dar".
Their track record regarding selections of candidates to run for President is ABOMINABLE!
>> The ideologically free GOP-e
They’re not free of ideology. They unwaveringly embrace the “you need to elect us because we need to be elected to run things” ideology.