Why in a Democratic society such as the USA have only 2 main political parties?

Question

I remember Watching a live satelite debate in the 80's, between a US audience and a Russian audience. A guy from the Us asked the Russians ' How can your country be free if you only have one political party to vote for ', a Russian guy answered ' We have several Communist/Socialist candidates/parties
to vote for,how many parties in your
democracy do you vote for'?

Answer 1

Because they want to live simple. Too many political parties can weaken the current governments and create the political mayhem and disasters.

Answer 2

There are numerous political parties in the United States. The Democrats and Republicans are just the dominate 2 and therefore get the majority of press coverage and elect the highest number of candidates. Other parties include Libertarian, Green, Communist, Socialist and several others.

Answer 3

you're precise in some way whether there are greater events. yet interior the two super events there are a number of diverse activity agencies. So neither of them are monolithic and evaluations can variety very plenty interior of those events. I dont think of greater events rapidly makes a rustic greater democratic. Poland had the very many events (The Beerparty became into one) contained in the sejm precise after the autumn of communism it didnt make the rustic hassle-free to control. as nicely that's extremely hassle-free in international places with maximum individuals equipment to basically have 2 considerable events. the place the representation is proportional there is greater events

Answer 4

There are many, many political parties in the United States. See: http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm

Traditionally, the two major parties, the Republican Party and those other guys are the general purpose parties with comprehensive platforms, and that attracts more voters.

Most of the smaller parties tend to be single or a few issue parties that tend to attract only the most fanatical single-issue voters.

Some of the "third" parties are beginning to attract more and more voters.

Answer 5

The two party system worked well in USA since Democratic Party was started by Thomas Jefferson in 1790. Republican Party emerged in1854.

Answer 6

America has more than 2, we just don't vote for them. We've had Peace and Freedom, Libertarian, Socialist, American Indepedent.

America is more like Britian with Labour and Conservatives. We have the Liberals and the Conservatives.

Answer 7

So they can split the loots in plundering God's natural assets with one for you and one for me like little Tom Thumb in planet of apes.
While those with empty rice bowl standing by the streets just watch the plundering and looting with destruction of God's natural assets glaring under the sun ,moon and stars even on cloudy and rainy days too in planet of apes.
Wonder how they feel getting caught by our creator with pants down in Iraq getting kick on the butts in making a monkey out of themselves with patents and copyrights act. in planet of apes.
Observe who keep on going to court to return the loots in planet of apes.

Answer 8

haha...funny people...and I assume that you also believe that any little boy can grow up to become President!? LOL...along with connections and US$60/70 million in donations...

be serious...they are both the same thing and the money dominates...and they do favours to get the money to dominate...they are two and the same.

Answer 9

There are too parties.....Both wings of the same bird flying in the same direction to a bad bad place.

Answer 10

We Americans have EXTREMELY short attention spans and as such it's hard enough for us to keep up with so many as two parties.