Why the monopoly of only 2 political parties in the US ? what about OTHERS ,people ?

Answer 1

What's even worse is that they're not different in any real way.
If one was to really take the time and examine each party's positions,they would find that more than 80% of all issues are viewed exactly the same by both parties.

And neither party care about the people of this country.They have become so beholden to corporate and special interest money and favors,that they long ago forgot about us.

This entire system has become rotten and bloated.

Democracy is just about DOA.

Another idiot yammering Republic to justify their support of totalitarianism under me,I see.

Answer 2

I agree with the first person who answered. Americans are terribly moderate, as the two major parties show. Any third party that will form, will represent intrests that are not main stream, and un-electable. The only other two parties that might elect a few candidates at the local level would be the Greens, Libertarians, and maybe some kind of Socialist Party.

EDIT: Theodore Roosevelt was not the incumbent in 1912 with the Progressive a.k.a "Bull Moose Party", he had been out of office for four years, and was seeking to unseat President Taft, instead he just divided the Republican party and helped Woodrow Wilson get elected. Though he might have gotten elected anyways. We will never know.

Answer 3

See, the answer is pretty simple, the problem from it being almost entirely overlooked. When the election system started, it was just 2 parties, and while I'd like to say that people simply got used to that, that's not enough. Those parties have changed drastically from their origins. Now that we have several parties, people basically see themselves as still being parted down the middle, but the reason for it is that in past elections, people saw how often the main 2 parties had won. Though many people might be far more interested in fringe parties, they've seen their votes for those parties as worthless. Ironically, by having that frame of thought being so common among the peoples of this country, they refuse, en mass, to vote for these parties. Thus even though the majority may still want more of a fringe party, these median parties win out because they're expected to. The last 3rd party candidate to get a majority, Theodore Roosevelt in the Bull Moose Party, was the incumbent, and therefore people felt he was the person of normalcy, the person likliest to get in. And, of course, the response was that the Republican party got much fewer votes, turning into the third party in that election.

Answer 4

There is a right and a left. Aside from having a sore crotch from riding the fence, is there any other way to be? Only those who do not understand their own beliefs think there is another way to be. I don't care whether you're on the left or the right as long as you KNOW WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON.

To the answerer above me:

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Did you EVER have to recite this in school? Yes? Then why, why, why, are you complaining about democracy being D.O.A. when we are a REPUBLIC?

Sandman, go take a civics class.

Answer 5

Because it is cheaper that way. Having two parties gives the sheeple the illusion of choice when in fact they have none, the same industries own all the political figures.

Answer 6

Have you seen the problems caused by multi-party systems... like Canada, Israel, Great Britain, even IRAQ for example? Since the vote is split SO MANY WAYS, many times... dare I say MOST times, one party cannot gain a majority in the government. Then they have to go through all the machinations to try to form some sort of coalition so that the government can actually DO things... pass legislation, etc.

No thanks... 2 parties is just fine by me.

Thanks to Perot, we got 8 years of the Clintonistas!

Have a right-wing day!

Answer 7

We have two major parties...there are 'other parties', they
are not suppressed...if they can't expand, they can't blame
anyone...if they muster enough votes they win...no American
is forced to vote one way or the other...not even forced
to vote at all if they decide not to...it's their business who or
if they do at all vote! There's no monopoly...it's how the
candidates choose to run and how the people choose to
vote! God Bless America for giving us the freedom of
choice!

Answer 8

The Libertarian Party is controlled by billionaires, so they're much like the Republican Party. Besides them, there is no viable third party to support. It takes so many millions of dollars to get elected that its impossible to win without selling out to lobbying groups and big business. A third party would be great, but without finance reform that third party would be bought by special interests, too.

Answer 9

We need a populist party which will not be beholden to
corporate America .We need a party that will try to
outlaw public-private partnerships .We need a party that
knows that free trade will continue to impoverish this nation .
We need a party which wants to pay off the national debt .
Do we want China and Japan to be able to buy our assets ?

Answer 10

OTHERS

Oh To Hear Each Required Sound

No seriously the majority of ideas fit within the two party system and those who might form a third are outside the realm of the majority - its that simple.