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Election 2016
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Republicans Democrats Election 2016 Office of the President (POTUS) Politics
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A couple people have already stated it, but there is nothing to abolish. Now I'm not a fan, but all the voting public has to do is generate enough votes to elect someone other than either an R or a D.
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For those who haven't read it, i'd suggest reading George Washington's farewell address. If PEOPLE would stop thinking in terms of faction/party, we could shatter the symbiotic relationship between government and lobbyists. It's time to put our future back into the hands of the people. The career politicians have forgotten what "representative republic" actually means.
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I wish other parties could get a foot hold, I really do. But we have something called the 1st Amendment, which by virtue of being the first, it tends to be the most important. It guarantees the freedom of assembly, which the party system is. "Abolishing" this system would be unconstitutional.
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I disagree. The 1A guarantees the right of free speech and assembly, but that doesn't account for official governmental recognition of those groups assembling. The two primary parties effectively dictate how elections are run (elimination of most candidates in the primaries, for example), and prevent other candidates a fair chance. One's ballots should have the names of any and all candidates who meet eligibility with no regard for party rules or recognition.
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How would you go about abolishing a political party? Our 1st Amendment would prohibit that.
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The individual states decide a lot on their own. If they wanted to abolish the use of D, R, I, G, or whatever from the ballot and just list names, they could. But then who would single-issue and low-information voters know who to vote for?
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We really do not have a two party system, we just have two dominant parties. I wish a third party would evolve that would put some pressure on the Dem/Rep but so far that has not happened.
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