Pros And Cons Of Political Parties

Classic and Contemporary Debate in American Politics

The purpose of political parties is to work together to achieve similar goals by aligning yourself with others who share those same ideals. The collective idea is an essential part of a functioning government and without people working together to achieve what they want or what is needed the government would be at a standstill. In the event that there are no political parties, individuals with ideas would have to push in government. Over the years, individual Americans have shifted from one political party to the other. According to author Liz Marlantes, the reasoning behind this is due to the major cultural change in America. She sees political parties as a tool that separates people into

The works found in these databases show overemphasis and are mostly made up by journalists and politicos. These activists that advocate or believe that there is a cultural war are mistaken and are not largely supported by many Americans. Approximately eighty to ninety percent of people are actually moderates and don’t have extreme ideological beliefs. They instead show tolerance and middle grounded view of politics. For example, when the Republicans found out that a large number of their supporters are tolerant of homosexuality, they were shocked. This depiction of the parties isn’t accurately portrayed because many people will go with the most logical participates and not just after party candidates. For instance, when Bush was running in 2000, six blue states all elected Republican governors or when Arnold Schwarzenegger won in a blue California. The problem lies in options according to “Polarization in America “a CBS movie. The poll taken for the movie showed that seventy-eight percent of Republicans, eighty- seven percent of Democrats and eighty-six percent of Independent voters would all move away from their values to settle for electoral candidates. The over welling evidence for how people actually choose sides is based on not on what people's values are but what they compromise for. The Democrats and Republicans parties have set the standards, values and morals for what they represent which leaves the public to both drop their beliefs and join what closets represents them or be left in the middle to where nothing is done to represent what they