Let us take a moment to step back in time, to a time where the name of “Barak Obama,” was barely known, and let us pretend we know nothing of the future. The Clinton administration has just ended, and it seems to me, that although the political parties are undeniably in decline, it is not a serious decline, and is in fact, just part of a natural pattern. As the parties decline, it can be noted, by looking at the data reported by the Pew Center for the People and the Press, that we are likely to remain in an era of conservative politics. The data also suggests that the independent voters may not play a significant role in future elections.
Over the years, the number of voters that identify as independent has grown significantly. Whereas …show more content…
However, I believe this is not the case. Though many voters are falling into the gap between the two main parties of the day, their will forever be people on the two ends of the spectrum that are unwilling to compromise. There have always been, and will always be people like these, something I can, as one of them, easily testify to. Though our current major parties; republicans and democrats may fail, there will never cease to be at least two opposing sides of the political spectrum. Another factor that accounts for the continued need of the political parties is the organization they provide. When a candidate wants to run for a position in the government, affiliating themselves with a political party helps to provide voters with knowledge of their general stance on present day issues. If candidates are on their own, with no party affiliations, if voters want to know anything about them, they have to research and analyze the stance of the candidate on each issue. Few voters are willing to do this, and if the political parties where sacrificed for a wholly “independent” electorate, nothing in the election process would run smoothly, and even fewer people would vote than already do. Looking at history, we can see that sense the drafting of the Constitution there have always been two major political parties. Though many of the parties have failed, new ones have always replaced them, and though there have been seeming declines in the need for political parties throughout history, they have always sprung back and will always be an important part in American
Over the years, the number of voters that identify as independent has grown significantly. Whereas …show more content…
However, I believe this is not the case. Though many voters are falling into the gap between the two main parties of the day, their will forever be people on the two ends of the spectrum that are unwilling to compromise. There have always been, and will always be people like these, something I can, as one of them, easily testify to. Though our current major parties; republicans and democrats may fail, there will never cease to be at least two opposing sides of the political spectrum. Another factor that accounts for the continued need of the political parties is the organization they provide. When a candidate wants to run for a position in the government, affiliating themselves with a political party helps to provide voters with knowledge of their general stance on present day issues. If candidates are on their own, with no party affiliations, if voters want to know anything about them, they have to research and analyze the stance of the candidate on each issue. Few voters are willing to do this, and if the political parties where sacrificed for a wholly “independent” electorate, nothing in the election process would run smoothly, and even fewer people would vote than already do. Looking at history, we can see that sense the drafting of the Constitution there have always been two major political parties. Though many of the parties have failed, new ones have always replaced them, and though there have been seeming declines in the need for political parties throughout history, they have always sprung back and will always be an important part in American