America has always had a two-party system, setting it apart from most other European democracies. But have recent stalemates, partisan bickering, and party polarization in Congress suggested that maybe it's truly time for a multi-party, European style democracy?
America needs more political parties
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ReplyDeleteI truly and firmly believe they should have multi-parties because times are different. Also, society and this generation have various types of beliefs and frankly the democratic and republican parties just don't cut it in my opinion. It is time the people of the united states to be in the party that they feel comfortable with and at the same time agree with all the views with that party. This can be a bad thing also the case being there would be many different parties because of the multiple belief and views of everyone in the United states; so this can make it hard to keep track of the different parties. It is a good idea to look into, but the same time it is tricky to deal with.
ReplyDeleteAbraham Cutrer
Period 5
I don't necessarily agree with the idea of changing the tradition of a two-party system. I do agree with Abraham that times are changing giving Americans different political views; HOWEVER, i feel that changing tradition would only complicate an already straightforward system. Americans already have trouble choosing between two parties, I don't see how "broadening the spectrum" would resolve this issue.
ReplyDelete-Kayla Cannon
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That's true. Imagine if there were multiple parties competing for your vote (I mean, there are, but they can't win). But what if they could? Would that be too confusing for voters?
DeleteIn my opinion, I feel that having a two party system is in a way more efficient because the two party system has a majority of votes over the other parties but I also feel that there should be an equal vote for these parties due to the fact that some people are actually wanting these parties to win.
ReplyDelete-Sydney Williams
I just think that we have had this two party political system for generations. To all of a sudden change the whole political system now would throw people off. I agree that times are changing but the article even said the multi-party system causes disputes there as well. I think it has worked this long, why try to fix something that isn't broken.
ReplyDeleteRachel Velasquez
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Some would argue that the system is broken because our two, main parties are incapable at times of getting stuff done in Washington D.C. I'm not sure the addition of a third party in Congress would make things any easier though.
DeleteI do agree with this article because if we only have two main political parties, that limits us to only some basic economic/governmental issues to put up with and not going to full potential to what THE PEOPLE want/need. for Example, we need to acknowledge not only about businesses and factories, we need to hear from the enviorment, and pollution, etc. This has been a paragraph by THE Mackario Andrade. Signing off. Shout out to Mr.Cavanaugh's 5th Period!!:)
ReplyDeleteThis is THE Mr. C. Each party does have a stance on most issues, including the ones you listed. But you often don't hear about them because the political dialogue in this country centers around the economy, immigration, spending, taxing, budget ceilings, terror, etc.
DeleteI agree with the article to an extent that the two-party political system needs to be changed. As of today, it is hard to agree on a lot of issues of law because of the opinions of the Democratic and Republican parties often supporting the opposite idea of the other. This causes a lot of chaos in the fact that the government is too busy arguing and deciding over who is more in the right on their ideas rather than coming together and figure out a way that they can agree in order to better the lives of the people. I think that allowing at least a third party could represent that middle ground between the two major parties. Maybe having this middle-grounded party would change the votes of people instead of just being either Democratic or Republican and allowing a truer representation of the people.
ReplyDelete~Andrea~
But would the addition of Senators and Representatives from a different political party into Congress cause them to work more together, or would it make it even harder to gain a majority to pass laws?
DeletePersonally I don't care much about whether we stay in two party system or change to a multi party system. In either case the results will be the same. Majority in this nation always wins. So in reference to our tradition of a two party system, we will be so accustomed to the democrats and republicans that a two party system or multi party system will not change the outcome due to majority. Clearly the majority since the very beginning up till now are the Republican and Democratic parties. Whether or not the United States needs change is not up to me. Its up to the U.S. as a whole and what the majority of us feel, which looks to be sticking with our origins of tradition.
ReplyDeleteChris S.
As we'll find out in class tomorrow, there are a few election rules that perpetuate the existence of the two major parties. If we were to change even a couple of these rules, we might slowly move toward a multiparty system.
DeleteI disagree & agree with the article. I don't think we changing the tradition of the two-party system would make anything easier because Americans are so used to the way things are. I agree with Kayla when she said that Americans already have a hard time choosing a party so adding another would just make it more complicated. I agree with this article because what Abraham said. Times are different & we have so many people with different beliefs. Not just the republican & democrat views.
ReplyDeleteCourtney Gaudette
In my opinion, I believe that the present political system is best. Our system of government with the two parties has worked for many of years and our political system is the strongest in the world, also there is plenty of times for the voter to decide their favorite candidate like the conventions, debates, and the political speeches. What I do believe is that each party candidate should not be able to spend the huge amount of monies to be elected. What I would like to see is the person who is elected to be held to the campaign promises, for example immigration. Our current political system, does allow for a independent candidate to run against the Republican or Democrat candidate. Not all of the American people adapt to change well.
ReplyDelete- Ashley Momper
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Our system allows for independents to run, but the rules of the system are so stacked against them that they can't win.
DeleteWhy do you think so many politicians don't keep their campaign promises? HINT: It has something to do with what we learned last unit! :) And it's not human nature.
I think that the different parties should be introduced alongside the major parties such as democrat and republican because not everyone has the same beliefs. I agree with Abraham that having the different parties available can help people be comfortable with one party and agree with the views of that party. I think the different options should be available but they should be regulated so there isn't so many options. I think that even with different options available people still wont be one hundred percent satisfied no matter what is portrayed in the different parties.
ReplyDeleteAngelea Enriquez
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I believe that this is all complicated.
ReplyDeleteArtuz_manning
Anything else??
Deletei agree with kayla and courtney on how they said that Americans already have a hard time choosing a party so adding another would just make it more complicated, but then at the same time everyone believes in diffrent things and not everyone might think your opinion is the right one i alos dont think that everyone would all come to an agreement .
ReplyDeleteAlondra Lopez
I personally agree with the article on the topic of having more than just the two political parties. As Abraham said, times have changed, and this country is majorly different than it was in 1787 when the constitution was put into effect. Technology has advanced and our multicultural beliefs have broadened the spectrum beyond the Democratic and Republican parties. If we add too many new campaigns however, it could seriously confuse the voters and cause frustration with the ballot across the U.S. So why not add a third party and see where it goes from there? A middle ground so to speak.
ReplyDelete~Kimberly Kalin~
Keep in mind: we have third parties. So it's not just a matter of "adding" them. We have to change the rules of the election game in order for them to be competitive.
DeleteUnfortunately, until our society learns to all get along, there's always going to be different opinions and beliefs coming from each individual. Mine however do lean towards not putting in a third party mostly because some people are already torn at the fact of having to decide between Democratic and Republin views. Adding another would only add fuel to the fire of the politcal elections and etc. Persay a third party was added and it represented a middle ground; a "one size fits all" party doesnt necessarily cover the economic needs the U.S. highlights today such as taxes, social security, and so on. People are so drawn to the old ways and what were use to that chaning the system would only throw us off track if we cant even decide between the two parties we have now. I guess the beauty of it all however is that as Americans, we have the right to create these choices and form a conclusion for it all. Regardless, we must be doing something right regarding only two parties if the system hasnt failed by now.
ReplyDelete-Carley Pena
I don't agree with the article because I believe that the political system is complicated enough. Creating a multi-party system will not necessarily solve any problems as much as it would create more conflict. For instance, trying to pass laws in a multi-party system would be very difficult because people don't even know where they stand exactly in the democratic/republican spectrum today.
ReplyDelete-Vanessa
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The historical tradition of having a two-party system has worked because it's deciding views are more identifiable; either you agree with a certain perspective or you don't. I do agree that having a third party that is more moderate and has more of a middle-ground view, could help decrease arguments and increase solutions. Like Andrea said, by having a middle-grounded view that sees both sides of each party can help create a more agreeable atmosphere and it could be a catalyst in producing a greater and more agreeable result, especially one that is more compatible with people's views. However, it could also be more difficult in obtaining an end result because by adding a whole new different party with different views into the mix could make it much harder to actually come up with a solution. A third party adds many more different views and congress has a hard time voting and agreeing as it is, I am not certain if this would be more of an advantage or disadvantage.
ReplyDeleteAndreina Zuniga
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The two-party system between Democrats and Republicans have been with America for an extremely long time, and it has pretty much become tradition. In my opinion, having a multi-partied system will result in mass confusion. New political groups will be starting up like wildfire, and not knowing the goal of each group, will result in some sort of confusion. With having a two-partied system, Americans can identify the usual candidates, and have some ground knowledge to know some of this candidate's goals just by looking at their political party. In this way, the people are more trustworthy in politics, and we can avoid political party traffic. Plus, it is not easy to change tradition. Otherwise, the metric system would have been adopted already.
DeleteTyler Danh
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I do agree in a having a more political parties in the political system. while sticking with traditional views points of the political, i agree that as time changes people's opinion changes. Adding fresh ideas in the political system could emerge new sights of the government. I know that it would takes more time to absorb new ideas than the two parties we have for hundreds of year. Even though there would have argument on opposite point of view. But I think if the new idea of the new political party gets spread and many people support it, than it is right to have a third political party.
ReplyDeleteHelen Huang
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I feel that although times are changing, we shouldn't change the traditional two-party system. Things are complicated enough as it is with adding other parties even though they're technically there, they just can't win. Yes it would be nice to find a party that suits you best but the two-party system that we have, in my opinion, is holding up just fine.
ReplyDeleteSam Salary
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To me its all really complicating. I really believe that the to party system that is in place now works fine. I'm not entirely sure but I would like to think that even if you are a republican or democrat you can still vote for anything you believe in. It is just that you lean over to that side more often. I think we should just keep the system because if there were more parties I think that they would become irrelevant and people would just come back to are seems like forever used two party system.
ReplyDeleteRene Collins
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I agree with this article. We have different problems than the ones that existed when the original two partiers were formed. I feel that the current issues of today need to be address. The creation of new parites with a different views and leadership will help to address these issues. By following the rules of the traditional two parties they cant quiet understand because societal issues have evolved and the parties have not evolved with them.
ReplyDelete* Rose Murphy *
I believe America should remain a two party system. It's tradition. It's what America was founded on. Although the ability for more parties to be elected could be a good way of giving the people options, I don't believe it will solve many issues nor make the election process any easier/ less complicated.
ReplyDeleteDel
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I do agree with adding more political parties to our political system. I believe that with change comes progress. We can incorporate new ideas throughout our system, as well as still exercising our traditional values. We live in a new day and age where many things that are now acceptable, were not acceptable at anytime from a couple of months ago, to 100 years ago. So why not give a multi-party system a shot?
ReplyDelete_Nelson_
Having two parties is something that America has known for many generations but we are also aware of how little can be done with just two parties. The two parties often disagree and can rarely come to an agreement. Recently we had the government shut down because of the two parties not agreeing! Clearly something has to change but it's not clear what is the appropriate move to make. Adding another political party might help us out but it might confuse us as well. A third party might be what we need to get things moving faster.
ReplyDelete-Noe per. 5
I don't think it'd be necessary to incorporate a third party because it is demanding enough to have the people determine which perspective they appoint. It is possible for it to appeal to many, but it could produce an undesirable effect. With the decisions already made by most people, presenting that third choice may throw the system off balance and create instability throughout Congress.
ReplyDelete-Bernadette
I don't think we should add more political parties because it's easier to identify which party supports your beliefs with only two.I don't see anything wrong with having 2 party's because it seems like it provides stability. Having more than two will just start to complicate things because people won't know the difference between all of them.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we should add more political parties because it's easier to identify which party supports your beliefs with only two.I don't see anything wrong with having 2 party's because it seems like it provides stability. Having more than two will just start to complicate things because people won't know the difference between all of them.
ReplyDelete-Danielle Kakebeen
The two-party system between Democrats and Republicans have been with America for an extremely long time, and it has pretty much become tradition. In my opinion, having a multi-partied system will result in mass confusion. New political groups will be starting up like wildfire, and not knowing the goal of each group, will result in some sort of confusion. With having a two-partied system, Americans can identify the usual candidates, and have some ground knowledge to know some of this candidate's goals just by looking at their political party. In this way, the people are more trustworthy in politics, and we can avoid political party traffic. Plus, it is not easy to change tradition. Otherwise, the metric system would have been adopted already.
ReplyDeleteTyler Danh
Period 5
This article clearly makes it difficult to choose between a multi-party system or a two-party system, but in a way, I support both sides. Americans need more than two choices of candidates. Two candidates from the two major parties provide limited views and ideas for solutions, whereas a multi-party system would provide more ideas and solutions. Also, many times people vote based on what party a candidate represents and a multi-party system would cause people to look further into the values of all candidates before making a decision, instead of voting based on that one party label. On the other hand, two opposing yet ineffective parties are a much better deal than a group of totalitarian crazy people. Although the two-system party is not ideal and can be ineffective at times, it has worked perfectly fine in our country whereas a multi-party system can lead to greater chance of failure.
ReplyDelete-Jocelyn Rivas
This article I can disagree because the polictical parties is already kinda confusing the two party system has been around for many years, adding another will just be extremely complicated. Everyone has their beliefs.
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