Especially when looking at the current presidential election, it is clear that we should move past our two-party system. The dominant, exclusive parties create government that neglects a middle ground and divides citizens.
Especially when looking at the current presidential election, it is clear that we should move past our two-party system. The dominant, exclusive parties create government that neglects a middle ground and divides citizens.
During elections we see maps colored red and blue to represent how the states will vote. This puts all Americans into two pre-decided groups with strict ideas, distorting most citizens’ views. The notion that every American, with differing beliefs and backgrounds, can find a place in one of two parties is ridiculous. This system only helps those who truly identify as a democrat or republican, and when looking at the whole population, that leaves too many voters misrepresented.
Media coverage and funding also contributes to the exclusion of other parties. To create a better democracy all parties and candidates should get the opportunities they deserve. Our political system constantly promotes democrats and republicans but fails to encourage any other options.
It is ingrained in America’s minds that smaller representing groups, like the Green Party and Libertarian Party, have no chance at winning elections. This leaves these alternative parties without votes they likely deserved. The two falsely superior parties restrict people from seeing other candidates that could be more appropriate.
People are more committed to their party than the actual candidate. Pledging yourself as a democrat or republican limits you from seeing the flaws in your party and often leads you to blindly follow whoever is representing that party. When both parties’ candidates are not up to par, the parties still give their support in order to keep the opposing side out of office. Better including more parties in elections creates more options, so people do not have to vote for a candidate because the other candidate is worse. We should be working for our country but too often the motives are for one of two parties rather than the people as a whole.
Being either a democrat or republican prevents an open mind to the other parties and their agendas. Elections consist of both sides attacking the other, when they should be working to fix our country’s problems together. Candidates should be judged by their own policies and prospects rather than which side of the political spectrum they fall on.
Our political system as a whole has become more biased as the Democratic and Republican Parties gain more power. Our government is straying further and further from realistic views that all Americans can contribute and relate to. Bridging the gap between the dominant two-parties and other parties is a necessity we cannot afford to postpone.
