The United States of America did not start out with political parties, as most are shocked to learn. President George Washington holds a very distinct honor, the only American non-partisan president. The truth be known, political parties did not develop until 1790’s as conflict grew over the vision of America’s future development.
Two major parties arose, the Federalist (those with beliefs of international trade, manufacturing and large government). While others (like Thomas Jefferson) were anti-Federalist, with visions of the United States built of smaller farmers, being self-reliant with little foreign trade. The Federalist and new Republican’s opposing views grew over the centuries, developing into the democracy we hold so dearly today (Green, …show more content…
In a true democracy we should be able to simply vote for the candidate we believe resonates with personal aspirations of the future of the United States. Unfortunately, many Americans symbolized Uebersax’s resentment of “choosing the lesser evil” or Insincere voting. His conclusion that voting for third-party candidates may modify the democracy platform (Uebersax, 2016), in my opinion, may be too little too late. The fact that these smaller parties may only hold less than 5% of the vote, brings into the voting techniques of Instant-runoff voting. These candidates have no ability of winning due to the election process.
I believe that most Americans are ready for an alternative voting system. However, our forefathers’ idealism of an electoral system insures that was “neither fully democratic nor aristocratic” (Stepman, 2016). One of my arguments is placed with a winner takes all structure. What would happen if all electoral votes were given to the candidate and in the end, whom ever has the most electoral votes wins? Would Americans accept this form of voting vice the standard, winner takes
Two major parties arose, the Federalist (those with beliefs of international trade, manufacturing and large government). While others (like Thomas Jefferson) were anti-Federalist, with visions of the United States built of smaller farmers, being self-reliant with little foreign trade. The Federalist and new Republican’s opposing views grew over the centuries, developing into the democracy we hold so dearly today (Green, …show more content…
In a true democracy we should be able to simply vote for the candidate we believe resonates with personal aspirations of the future of the United States. Unfortunately, many Americans symbolized Uebersax’s resentment of “choosing the lesser evil” or Insincere voting. His conclusion that voting for third-party candidates may modify the democracy platform (Uebersax, 2016), in my opinion, may be too little too late. The fact that these smaller parties may only hold less than 5% of the vote, brings into the voting techniques of Instant-runoff voting. These candidates have no ability of winning due to the election process.
I believe that most Americans are ready for an alternative voting system. However, our forefathers’ idealism of an electoral system insures that was “neither fully democratic nor aristocratic” (Stepman, 2016). One of my arguments is placed with a winner takes all structure. What would happen if all electoral votes were given to the candidate and in the end, whom ever has the most electoral votes wins? Would Americans accept this form of voting vice the standard, winner takes