American political system has been primarily a two party system. The

Democrats and the Republicans have been the two parties fighting for

the Presidency since that time. There have been many other parties

since that time, but mainly, these two have gone unopposed against

each other. However, how much good do these parties actually do? Would

our country be run as effectively if the presence of political parties

was no longer a factor? It is the opinion of the authors that the U.S.

Government would exist without political parties and may, in fact be

stronger. The concept of political parties seems to go against what it

means to be a politician: to represent his or her constituents. More

time, money and effort, it seems is put into getting elected to an

office than actually doing work for the people in that office. One

fairly recent example is seen in the case of the proposed federal

Balanced Budget Amendment. Mark Hatfield, Republican Oregon Senator,

went against his parties wishes and voted against the amendment. His

party nearly abandoned him for choosing the people over his party.

Since the mid 1850's, the Democrats and Republicans have had

sign that the usefulness of political parties is crumbling. The

have the most stature lies in the fact that nowhere in the

as a whole, are being phased out by the people. The world in which we

some good. It has been a long time, though, since much good came from

third party candidate, Ross Perot, emerged and ended the race with

they were intended and now, for what they intended has already been

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