subject: What Are The Pros And Cons Of The Electoral College? [print this page] In the United States, although many people can run for elected office at the same time, we have a panel of voters, and the lifting of the coalition. If no one has 51% of the votes in the electoral college, while the share of one vote. Due to a poor third is not. Leading candidate always ends with the voice on the other hand, the vote, second, third or fourth.
In fact, the founders of our country do not want political parties, and Washington has not. It is divided into Federalists, who wanted a strong central government and the anti-federalists, who wanted a strong state law, and always remained, but with different names.
Liberals
The central government has strong party first called the Federalists and Democrats, the Freedom Party, Whigs, Democrats in the Progressive Party (socialists), but the Democrats again, and early 20 century Democratic presidents but progressive Democrats.
Conservatives
Republicans want the state to a small central government, and they were Whigs, Free Soil Party (anti-slavery), a group from America, and finally, the Republicans and Abraham Lincoln. When Lincoln ran for office, there were four major parties because the Democrats split into Northern and Southern Democrats. Lincoln highest number of votes, the electoral and popular but only 38%. As a result, was not elected until the third ballot.
In fact, the two party system remains something for or against a powerful federal government.
Benefits of third party
What happens if both parties to move towards the center now, we have no difference between Democrats and Republicans? While Republicans in Congress have become more conservative than in recent elections, I can not tell the difference between them and the Democrats in the economy.
This is exactly what you're saying Tea Party. Even politicians who come and speak.
The only real reason to celebrate a third party of the two sides, or back to her roots to remove. However, if you just divide the vote and should be removed before the enemy an advantage.
