Two Party System

For most of American History, our government has had a mostly two-party system. Throughout the course of our country’s politics, the two main parties (Democratic and Republican) have pretty much become the same thing except for some wildly popular social issues the public likes to focus on, such as abortion or gay marriage. Granted, there will always be similarities between any two parties unless they are designed to be completely opposite, which would not do much good for the country come election time. No system of government is foolproof, so there will obviously be flaws in this two-party system. Although third parties are not very well noticed by the American public, they might be able to help balance our government by showing new ideas that are different from Democratic or Republican viewpoints. The main problem third parties encounter is a lack of funding. Even so, somehow finding a way to give more than two options for electoral offices would help create diversity in our country so we’re not just beating the same issues to death.