Does anyone truly feel that anything really changes with who we elect to office?

Question

Every election season we seem to become more and more divided among current issues and party lines. I find this funny because as things have progressed the differences between parties has become insignificant on many issues. And even when there is a glimmer of hope for whatever the cause might be, nothing is done because our representatives never follow up on their rhetoric. Instead things remain the same, does anyone feel real change is possible?

Answer 1

Sadly, I think I have to agree with you. So afraid are the candidates - ON BOTH SIDES - to upset the American voting public...they make promises that will appease. Once in office, they work diligently on maintaining a positive image in the polls...which often means that they cannot make the changes necessary...because someone will always stand up to criticize it.

I see very little difference between the two parties, except in the areas that hold very little importance in the whole scheme of things.

Answer 2

Like any workplace, political aspects change but the change is slow. While party lines appear very divided during campaigning, anyone who is elected to office comes to realize that a) change does not mean an immediate or drastic alteration, but rather a slow progression (or regression) that heads toward what the party was aiming for to begin with, and b) that a total upheaval of the political system would come off as too radical and wild, and would not be accepted by the majority of the population. We may say we want to reform health care, but when the increase in taxes, etc. comes into light many people stop and say "wait a minute, maybe we should take this slow". So while change does happen, it doesn't happen all at once, and it is a cautious line to toe in order to keep the support of your people (look what happened to Bush, having a 28% support rating now because of his refusal to listen to the American people about pulling out of Iraq).

Answer 3

Yet we still vote for the same people over and over and over. Some would say that this would be a definition for Insanity. To keep doing an act expecting a desired result, but never getting it, and then doing the same act over and over and over again and still not getting the desired result. That to me characterizes the election process in the two party system we have in the US. In today's election process, it is only important that the politician state that something has to be done to correct something to get elected. Until we hold them accountable for what they say that they will do through re-call options, the politician's will continue to do the same thing over and over and over.

Answer 4

In a country with over 300,000,000 people like ours there will always be problems and issues. There is only so much that any 1 man can do. Yes its true, they do make a lot of promises they can't keep. With all the flaws in the political system, I still believe that the USA is still the best country to live in.

Answer 5

Yes, because look at Bush. I don't think you can say that it changed nothing that he was elected, twice no less! Not all change is positive, and this is a case in point.

Answer 6

Its going to take one courageous individual to step into the white-house and say, "Enough is enough!" Too many try to accommodate big money and end up not "rocking the boat" because of political pressure. We need someone who's willing to fight the good fight for the little guy, big money be damned.

Answer 7

In the case of Clinton to Bush to Bush,, not much change except Bush was worse

Answer 8

Ron Paul would shake things up. Lobbyists and the media can not stand him.