Parties entrench themselves by writing the rules of party structure and ballot access

Evidence

Political parties that gain effective control of government can regulate the party structure of elections and have done so with predictable attention to the prospects for their own electoral success-for example, by requiring closed primaries when their competitor party would benefit from an open primary structure. Or, the two major parties can collaborate to protect their “duopoly” by using cumbersome ballot access requirements, bans on their partisan stakes in the 2016 presidential election cycle); Richard L. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 90

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Constitutions entrench policies through structure and rights much as legislation and elections do — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 462; Electoral rules have long served partisan entrenchment across American history — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 83; A party becomes indestructible when its mass base and leadership perpetuate themselves (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Labor law rules function as tools for partisan entrenchment #exemplifies (0.88) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 241
• A party becomes indestructible when its mass base and leadership perpetuate themselves #expands (0.71)