The mid-term elections have come and gone, and we now have a new set of leaders to (hopefully) guide us into prosperity. Whether you agree or disagree with the results, let's all hope we see brighter days ahead.
Now here is my question: Is that it?
Currently in the United States of America there is 1 Independent Governor out of 50, 2 non-major party Senators (who both caucus with Democrats) out of 100, and 0 non-Republican or Democratic Representatives out of 435. Is this what was supposed to happen?
Having to choose between only two parties is, to put it bluntly, a failure of democracy. We gained our freedom so that we could have the right to choose our paths. The fact is that in today's world if we don't vote for either a Republican or a Democrat our voice effectively doesn't matter. Anyone else feel like that's a slap in the face of our Founding Fathers? The whole point of declaring our independence was to be able to make our own choices. Now, all those choices have been narrowed down to two. TWO. If you vote Independent, Libertarian, Green, etc, no matter your reasons, your candidate sadly has almost no chance of winning.
When our country was being founded, the Framers (people who wrote the Constitution) designed our system so that voters could make a smart, educated decision about what was best for them and their communities. Today, I get the feeling that many people don't even take the time to think about the issues in depth. They hear about 10 minutes of propaganda from one side or the other and vote with whatever party they voted for previously in their lives (probably whatever party their parents supported).
This is not to say that all politicians are bad. Many of our representatives our genuine, caring people. Unfortunately, they are overshadowed by those who would try to corrupt our great country. I hope someday they will be the majority.
So, all that said, what are your thoughts? What do you think about our current political system? Please, comment!
"I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all."
--Thomas Jefferson to Francis Hopkinson, 1789
