American Political Parties

Political parties are critical structures in the modern society and universal phenomena in most democracies. In fact, they form major objects of intensive study as they are usually the centre of political and social power. They engage in most activities that are of significant consequence in the lives of citizens and link the common populace to the government. Therefore, it is important to understand political parties fully from every perspective of political systems so obtain their real importance in democracies. A political party is basically a group of citizens who converge as voters, activists, electoral candidates and office holders with a common party label and seek to elect party members into public offices. While modern political systems are complicated, the American system is more particularly so. The American system comprises of enormous bureaucracies, huge bicameral legislatures and extensively elaborate committee systems. In addition, there are many layers of courts in the jurisdiction system, each with a different political structure that compounds the fragmentation even further, making the American government an even more complicated structure. There are also multiple interest groups in political America as well as in many modern systems. These groups are constantly multiplying and increasing in diversity while pressing their concerns in a bid to seek government action (Eldersveld, 2000). Most importantly, political parties have a specific role of communicating with the public to mobilize and support its interests and to yield pleasant results. The objective of this paper is to discuss American political parties to understand their forms, categories and functions.

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Political parties provide the public and the nation with leadership that is critical in conflict resolution processes in many areas of the government. In this paper, the party system of the American government has been discussed from history to the present bringing out the dominant parties in the country. With the major parties controlling the majority share of the government, the American political system is robust and comprehensive as well. In fact, this is what has contributed in making America one of the most developed democracies in the world. Essentially, social groups also work together with political parties to promote the interests of the public and enhance development in a country. However, in all political systems, other groups exist that are deeply involved in the mediation of human conflicts.

Works Cited

The Challenge of Democracy