The biggest problem grassroots parties have, by the way that's a dumb term, is an adherence to ideological purity. First, grassroots a dumb term and that is important. Every party maintains a connection to their local constituents. That's where the volunteers and money comes from. As parties grow some members feel that the party has moved away from its grassroots. That's false. As parties grow they become more diverse. Those people that join the party become part of the grassroots. The founders of the party don't get to keep the term grassroots to themselves and they aren't special. Second, let's talk about ideological purity. The BC Conservatives started out as a right wing party. They were far more rural and northern than they were southern and urban. When the BC Liberals rebranded into BC United, and then collapsed that voter base moved en masse to the BC Conservatives. The problem for the BC Conservatives is that that voter base was more so...
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