But, if it was not designed with lucrative corporate functions in mind, would it need to be quite so dominant?
In Scotland (where the history and devolution settlement are, of course, very different) the nationalists have become the dominant party.
The dominant narrative shaping this election – that it was neck-and-neck between Labour and the Conservatives and that a coalition deal was the most likely electoral outcome – turned out to be plain wrong.
No mission to tilt us to armed neutrality, which is the only alternative to a treaty relationship with the world's, the region's, dominant maritime power.
After the restoration of democracy in 1999, Buhari fought and lost three elections, including in 2011 against Goodluck Jonathan of the dominant Peoples Democratic party (PDP).
Related: Four Americans held in Yemen by Houthi rebels – report Senior figures from Yemen's dominant Houthi group are holding talks with US officials in Oman to advance efforts to resolve the conflict in Yemen, the Riyadh-based Yemeni government said on Sunday.
She quotes Oscar Wilde – "The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it" – and, she adds, "He really was the person in a position to say that – he knew that history had to be remade, because only certain narratives deliver themselves as acceptable, dominant narratives".
The delegates' enthusiasm for uniting with the dominant political force south of the border followed months of speculation about a possible link-up between the two parties.
A third dominant characteristic, probably linked with his provincialism and his romanticism, made itself felt.
The dominant view among NUM leaders and activists was that to call a national ballot after the strike had already drawn in the overwhelming majority would have been seen as a get-out, and invited a no vote.
Between them, the two dominant political parties (People's party and Socialist party) lost five million votes compared with their 2009 performance.
