From 21st Century Parties:
Russell Dalton, a research professor at the Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine, [writes]: While party decline does represent a challenge for democracy, I want to address three myths in the current discussions of party decline. Undoubtedly, some public cynicism comes from the shortcomings of a specific party leader or an incumbent party. But the larger lesson is that citizens in virtually all affluent democracies share in this cynicism. What’s really happening?

For the full story, please visit http://21cparties.org/post/142247235698/mythbusters-political-parties-and-democratic.

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