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The cult of personality
When nearly 30% of your supporters will vote against their own self-interest if you aren't nominated, its a personality cult.
When your some of your largest donors threaten to withhold support from uninvolved members of your own party in some sort of revenge strategy, you're the leader of a personality cult.
"A cult of personality or personality cult arises when a leader exaggerates his/her deeds or importance in the face of danger for political gain, IE Stalin's exaggerated importance during the Bolshevik revolution or Hitler's false claims of heroism during the Beer Hall Putsch"