Why Political Parties Exist

Political Parties have existed all over the world in the past decade. Some countries, more than others, have multiple political parties. In the U.S, our two parties consist of the Democrats and the republicans. To help understand why the two part system exist today, we have to look back to the beginning of the political party system. History as an important role with the development of the two party system.
Going back to the time between the 1780s-1800s, the U.S consisted of two major parties which included the, Federalist and the anti-federalist. The constitution did not provide any details about a two party system (Randall). During the adoption of the constitution, we had the federalist, who supported the ratification of the constitution, and then we had the anti-federalist, who opposed the constitution, …show more content…
Unlike Americas democratic two-party system, India which is the second largest democracy, consist of a multiparty system. With their multi-party system, it has allowed their population diversity to vote for the parties that best fit each citizen, from the Bharatiya party to the Communist party of India. The multi-party system of India represent the multi-cultural groups (). In America, a third-party system never lasted because, only one side can be chosen to one seat. The U.S third parties may consist of the Green Party, Reform Party, Libertarians, Constitution Party and Natural Law Party (Nwazota). Since Lincoln’s election, third parties have failed to be elected due to the winner -take all- system. During the presidential elections, the presidential candidate with the largest percentage number of votes usually get the states electoral votes (Nwazota). Nwazota pointed out that it’s very difficult for third parties to get media coverage (Nwazota) due to the laws of the federal campaign finance. This usually leaves third parties with finding other means to pay for their own