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A 5 page review of the stability and instability of the United States’ two-party political system. Offers three factors as an explanations for the continuity of this system over time. these factors are economic, societal and issue-related. Draws heavily on the authors James L. Sundquist and Thomas Ferguson to explain these factors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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which the rest of the world looks upon in awe. It is also condemned as being antiquated and no longer effective. What we are left with is the
question as to just what has made this system so stable given the numerous political shifts and other factors which have occurred over the history of this country. What we
know based on recent political elections is that to stray from our two party system does nothing in an effective sense but much in a counteractive sense. Ross Perot
in the national presidential elections and independent party candidates such as Bob Anderson in Albuquerque (Callahan, 1998). It seems that although our country has varied in its political makeup
both as a reflection of the president and other major leaders of the time and as a reflection of the social situation of the time our two party political system
has held since its inception in the mid 1800s. To vote outside that two party system seems only to serve to divide the vote, not to accomplish the appointal
of a non bipartisan. There are three primary reasons that the two party political system has preserved in this country. These reasons include economic factors as well
as societal and issue-related factors. They are both structural and historical and they exist both internally and externally. Our political makeup is not only determined by internal factors
but also by what is happening in the rest of the world and these same factors interplay as well when looking at impetus for either change or stability. A comparison
of the philosophies outlined by James L. Sundquist in "Dynamics of the Party System" and Thomas Ferguson in "Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic
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