2007-11-04 23:33:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Because the only other options are drugged out hippies or some green morons who think they are from Mars and those are not viable options.
2007-11-04 23:44:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
GSqueeze is right. It also has a lot to do with the media and $$$. The parties do a lot of work making us believe they are different and we are different, but they are essentially the same. If we were to really pay close attention we would see the front running candidates of both parties are almost indistinguishable by their actions.
It is because of the lobbies...they get a lot of their campaign monies from corporate backings, and have obligations to these corporations. Same with most of congress.
For example if candidates promise to deregulate the cable companies, that cable company would be more than happy to flood their stations with political ads. If another candidate promises universal health care, corporations would no longer be obligated to pay for their employees health plans, and would make substantial donations.
SO we are given this illusion that there are only 2 choices, and voting for anyone else is a waste. In a sense it's true, most people are either too busy working to keep up with politics or too brainwashed by mass media, or a combination of the two.
2007-11-04 23:53:16 · answer #2 · answered by ☺☻☺☻☺☻ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are one of many countries that are stuck in that rut. At least we are not like a lot of other countries where only ONE party wins all of the time.
Yes, it needs improvement, but it's not totally horrible. What I don't like is the fact that each party feels that they sort of have to take the opposite viewpoint of the other just to differentiate themselves come the next election or to gain power inside committees, etc.
I'd love to see them finally work together to get some things actually accomplished. To me, that means passing the things you agree on and focusing on the stuff you agree on and getting that done. Both parties agree that we should increase the border security at the Mexican border. But since we can't agree on the entire illegal immigrants thing, nothing happens at all. Focus on just the border first (what you agree on) then go back and worry about the rest later.
And it's finally time that some Republicans should quit following the Republican agenda set by Bush and start voting their conscious.
2007-11-04 23:58:16 · answer #3 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the US, we do not vote for parties. We vote for candidates. We have more than two parties in the US. Occasionally an independent gets elected. I would like to think we vote for the best candidate, regardless of party affiliation.
I will concede that those running the democrat party, today, are awful.
2007-11-04 23:41:53 · answer #4 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We are, unfortunately, stuck in a system where we are voting for the lesser of two evils. Although it is the democratic thing to do, voting for a third party candidate is just a waste. Also, the way campaigns are run, third party candidates just don't have the money to reach us in enough numbers to educate us on their platforms. Plus, we have quite a bit of people who identify with one political party mearly for the one issue that they care about, whether it be abortion, education, religion, taxes, etc.
2007-11-04 23:41:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because we can't get Instant Runoff Voting through. The two parties know that as long as there isn't Instant Runoff, they can continue to misrepresent us, and represent only the richest among us.
2007-11-04 23:51:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean unlike the Brits who have the labor tards or that other party. Or should we have a cluster like the Italians and have 50 or more parties so governments change every few months for lack of confidence?
2007-11-05 00:18:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How about stop worrying about the party affiliation? If we start getting some really good candidates from all over then their party affiliation shouldn't matter.
2007-11-04 23:52:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Britney and K-Fed are fighting over the custody of their babies. Angelina is pregnant again. American Idol is starting a revving up. And OJ was arrested again.
Why are you bothering us with this trivial question?
2007-11-05 00:04:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, we the people, have been intentionally dumbed down by government educrats.
BTW, did you know that compulsory government education was one of the top ten ideas in Marx's Communist Manifesto?
Another of his ideas? A graduated income tax.
2007-11-05 01:04:57 · answer #10 · answered by mikey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋