Not only are political parties not defined by the Constitution, but they exist to control 10th Amendment-protected state powers and associated state revenues which the corrupt Washington cartel has been stealing from the states since the end of the Civil War, and arguably since the administration of President George Washington.
The problem that patriots seem to be having with the political parties is this. Since patriots today have grown up with the political parties, patriots wrongly think that the parties are in integral part of the constitutional republic.
Again, the political parties are not only not defined by the Constitution, but they exist to control state powers and state revenues that the corrupt feds have been stealing from the states.
I really wish there were not political parties. Elections should be about the person, not the party. Party politics is a huge factor behind the problems we have today.