Sunday, June 22, 2008
Draw Two
The American Party System is a process where there are two major political parties the Democrats and the Republicans. There are other smaller groups such as the green party, independent party and many others. In actual practice this means only the Democratic and Republican parties are the only two that gain enough votes. Most of the time the two major parties will run completely opposite of each other, unless that idea does not go over well with their polls then they will agree. If one of the smaller parties wanted to run they have to curve their ideas to work with a major parties agenda. So what would happen if there were more then two major parties?
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Good question. What do you think? And what do you think would have to change for a 3rd party to become competitive?
I think the only way a third party could emerge is through the power of the media. Media attention is crucial to the current success of the Democrats and the Republicans.
If a third party did emerge, it might take a complete failure or scandal by one of the current major parties to become competitive. Otherwise, the third party will probably remain in the mirror.
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