The Two-Party Trap: Recipe For Dysfunction In American Politics

The United States has become increasingly polarized, although the concept of a two-party system is not new. This book traces the major parties' utter dominance--of the highest elected positions all the way down to "nonpartisan" political offices across the U.S.--from the founding of the Constitution through the 2020 presidential election. Even before the founding of the "modern" Republican Party in 1854 and the next 168-year era of Democratic-GOP dominance, the early decades of American nationhood were ruled in a similar manner by the two major parties of the day. This book is a comprehensive, fast-paced analysis of how the two-party system has grown to be such an affront to the ideals of the Founding Fathers and of the numerous Americans today who appear to accept it as a fact of life.

• | Author: Steven Verrier
• | Publisher: McFarland
• | Publication Date: Aug 16, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 231 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Political Science
• | ISBN-10: 1476689458
• | ISBN-13: 9781476689456