Evolution and Impact of Political Parties in the US

The United States has had multiple political parties since 1789; there are 5 major parties, which are Federalist, Democratic Republican, National Republican, Democratic, Wing, and Republican. From these five parties the ones who decide really decide in national politics are Democratic and Republican Parties. There are also many other notable third parties such as the Libertarian Party, Green Party and Constitution Party, (Bong & Smith 227) but they don’t usually have anybody represent them in the White House.

The distribution of voters between Republicans and Democrats focuses on the two basic concerns of the American citizen. In the case of the Republicans is the economy and in the case of the Democratic social problems. They are presented

as opposing parties, where the interest of one harms the contrary, but a distant observer may discover that basically act the same way, both in national politics and internationally. It has been know for third parties that As soon as a third party gets a large number of votes based on an issue one of the 2 major parties adopts that issue so the third party no longer has a large vote.

I believe we will continue to see those tendencies.

In the case of Barack Obama and alleged social policies, he found it difficult to put into practice, have been opposed by members of his own party and if the president had used his right to veto these had gone ahead. Thus it is evident that within the party matters not that voter externalized and displayed, even the enthusiasm of the latter prevents you from seeing the fluctuations that occur in the political party that has chosen handled. We know that Barack Obama wanted to implement free health care for all since the beginning of his campaign, and it has taken eight years, but can now see other politicians adapting to the issue, in which I believe is only to regain votes. Another notable instance of these tendencies can be shown in the Hillary Clinton campaign and its new adaption and support to gay marriage which she was opposed to the issue for over 10

years.

Campaign laws and electoral rules are specifically written to keep 3rd party candidates out.

That's why you need 15% in polls just to take part in Presidential debates. Single member districts plurality system tends to favor a two party system. It is referred to as Duverger’s Law (Bond & Smith 233). I believe there are ways to off set the two party system, the techniques to justify the setbacks, is on the opposite party impute lack of support. There is also a generational effect. It is important to encourage people to exercise their vote from the early age of eighteen a citizen is free to exercise their right to vote, but in practice almost all vote after twenty-one, and a good portion of them waiting much longer, between twenty and thirty. Taking into account how long a presidential period, except scandals that lead to resignations, this period is four years, with the possibility of extending to eight. So if we choose a good “law abiding citizen " who decides to vote from 18 and assuming he or she reaches eighty, we could ensure that it is quite possible that this citizen has voted by seven presidents at the end of his life. I believe that in that time period another political could become relevant, as it has been said about the Libertarian

Party.