Most of the organizational problems of the parties are uniq… - Elmer Eric Schattschneider

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Most of the organizational problems of the parties are unique. The party system is by a wide margin the largest mobilization of people in the country. The parties lack many of the qualities of smaller organizations, but they have one overwhelming asset of their own. They are the only organizations that can win elections.

Elmer Eric Schattschneider

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Elmer Eric Schattschneider (August 11, 1892 – March 4, 1971) was an American political scientist.

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