Checks and Balance: Crashing the party - a podcast by The Economist

The centrists of theDemocratic Partyestablishment have only a few days to figure out how to stop Bernie Sanders running away with the nomination. Something similar happened to theRepublicans in 2016when Donald Trump memed his way to the presidency to the horror of party grandees. Mainstream parties in European democracies have also faced challenges from the fringes. Is the era of the party machine over? Or are moderates simply losing the battle of ideas?

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