Actually, the process that  Donna Brazile's book describes is, in some ways, much like Communist China's government.   The Party rules the state, and its leadership decides who gets to run for public office.   The people have absolutely no say in picking who the candidates are that they will vote for in elections.   The Party already predetermines that.  

Irans' government also operates in a somewhat similar way.  Only candidates approved by the ruling clerics can run for office.

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