The Tea Party in the US is a case in point. After its success on the national stage in the 2010 midterm congressional election, many Republican lawmakers became so concerned about securing their party’s “base” for future re-election bids that they no longer felt comfortable pursuing the type of bipartisan cooperation that underpin effective economic policymaking.
美国茶党就是如此。2010年，茶党在国会中期选举中取得成功，此后，许多共和党立法者开始担心确保本党在未来连任的“基础”问题，而不再满足于追求作为有效经济决策基础的跨党派合作。