Do you think the United States will ever evolve past the two party system?

Answer 1

We have evolved past a two party system, and the fact that you ask this question is proof of what I'm going to say. There are several registered political parties in th US, the problem is that the two major parties get all the attention. The reasons for this depend on who you talk to, but I think it's completely unfair. It's apparent that things in our capitol need drastic change and that can't happen until the playing field is leveled. Big money wins elections, plain and simple. Until each candidate is limited to the same amount of money, support and media time, there will never be a 'fair' election. That's a shame, because in the past, some of the smaller parties candidates have had really good ideas for the whole nation and they never got heard. As it stands now, only the ultra-rich have any chance of becoming president and thus the huge disparity between the haves and the have-nots. Election reform is sadly needed.

Answer 2

No, and I wouldn't refer to it as 'evolving' either.. When you have elections determined solely by which candidate gets a larger share of the vote in individual districts (as opposed to a run-off or a proportional system) there's always a strong incentive for the weaker parties to join together and offer a single candidate, otherwise they will dilute their vote.

Think of it this way: there are 3 parties in a given country, Red Green and Blue, and only one seat available in the next election. The Reds are the strongest party, and expect to get about 45% of the vote. The Blues is the second strongest at 40%, and The Greens have 15%. Now, if the election were held today, The Reds would win. The Greens, however, don't want The Reds to win, and, if given a choice, would prefer The Blues. Since The Greens knows that they probably can't win anyway, they are better off not running a candidate at all, and telling their voters to support The Blues. Now The Blues can win as they have 55%.

In the end, you effectively have 2 parties, Red and Blue. It may not be perfect, but it is the most logical conclusion in that particular system. The only way you can add another party is to take away one that already exists.

Answer 3

No, the US Constitution isn't set up that way. Even though it was envisioned without political parties in mind it won't allow more than two strong parties. The ultimate goal of a party is to get it's candidates elected and to ultimately control the presidency, since only the person with a plurality gets the office everyone else is left out in the cold. History has shown that for one party to become strong it must take the place of another. Federalists, Whigs, Democratic-Republicans, and many others have come and gone before today's parties arrived. One day the Republican and Democratic parties will be superseded by others but you can guarantee one thing, there will only be two of them.

Answer 4

Why might want to or not that is an "evolution" to bypass to a three celebration gadget? u . s . has grow to be the most powerful united states contained in the international, and we did it in below 2 hundred years. How does having a three celebration gadget make issues extra useful? Do you ignore that the country did not start up out with Republicans and Democrats? Wigs and Torries were the activities of the day, formed from the Federalists and the State Rights communities, Republicans and Democrats finally formed and replaced older failing communities.

Answer 5

It could get very interesting if a viable independent candidate were to run in 2008 on a platform of border security, enforcing immigration laws, jailing employers who hire illegals, cutting all social services to illegals, using our military for security and protection within our own country and initiating a tax code that was both fair and didn't require an interpreter to analyze the ambiguity.
Very interesting, considering what our present two party system is presently "accomplishing."

Answer 6

A lot of people would not define that as evolving, the special interest groups hold the power that parties once had, parties in the U.S. are very weak. I prefer the two party system, a multi party system only breeds radicals and reactionaries. You don't see any fascists or communists in a position of power in the U.S. like you do in Germany, Italy, and France.

Answer 7

I wrote a good answer to this earlier look it up. The question was titled "Minor Parties?"

I believe our two party system is much better than most systems.

Answer 8

Evolving into what?

Just look what multi-party democracy has done for Italy and others, where a coalition government is needed to actually run the government.

Answer 9

lets bring back the Whig Party, Millard Fillmore was a righteous dude.

Answer 10

If one reads Plato's Allegory of the Cave, it is not likely. Opposition is best defined by two parties.