Is the 2 party system good for American governmet, or do they serve themself?

Question

democrat vs, republican is there a better way

Answer 1

It is not a good system but it is what we have.

Now matter how hard a third party might try to step forward they will not be able to last because of our winner take all system.

If there were three parties, the third party would benefit by teaming up with one of the two other parties to get things done. Eventually this teaming would merge into a single party and we'd be back where we were before.

Originally this country was set up where the second place winner of presidency was the vice president. And the senators were appointed by their respective states. This would be better than what we have now. But those in power are the only ones who can fix it, and they would lose that power by doing so.

It truly is up to the individual citizens to take back the power of Washington, but they won't do it, for selfish and ignorant reasons.

Answer 2

It is not an either-or questino. The answer is "Both".

The two-party system has served us well for quite some time. However, there was always pressure from emergent thrid parties, and a few major parties have come and gone over the years.

Sadly, today, the GOP and Democrats in power have colluded to make sure that another such change is virtually imposssible. THAT is the worst and most self-serving action, and it has done much to ensure that the future of American politics will be unresponsive to the will of the American people. They have insulated themselves so well that in the last two election cycles, fewer than 1% of national-level incumbents lost their elections if they ran against a non-incumbent. Retirement, contests between incumbents, and resignations in disgrace account for the majority of the turn-over today.

Answer 3

The better way is to eliminate all parties. People tend to hide behind party lines, thinking that that party best represents them, not even researching the candidates up for election. If people think they're a democrat, and they see democrat on the ballot, they vote democrat. Same for some republicans. The best way is to get rid of the party lines so people will actually have to understand the issues and their candidates.

Answer 4

It's not good, because it encourages people to think of political issues in a simplistic, "us versus them" manner. It encourages people to take sides and "support their team" instead of thinking first about the issues.

The better way is to educate children to understand that politics is more complex than this, and that they should prioritize analyzing the issues over joining one of the two political parties. People would then demand more information from the news media, and may consider other political parties.

Unfortunately, nearly all the American news media outlets are owned by five corporations, all of which utilize politicians in the two major political parties to the corporations' advantage. Therefore, the news media outlets are unlikely to encourage the public to think about the issues rather than supporting the major political parties.

Answer 5

Two major parties,along with some secondary philosophies and parties work better then anything else in the world, just look at Italy with all its political parties. It is chaos.

Answer 6

I think they serve themselves. We the people, not we the democrats or republicans.

Answer 7

what about independants?

there are more than 2 parties

Answer 8

We have fifty contestants for Miss America. Why not for president?