Trump-R and Hillary-D Symbolize Decline of the American Political Party System
It’s time for new wine, new wineskins, and a people to freely consume without fear of the tax collectors “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.” ― George Washington At the beginning of the 2016 presidential election cycle, I felt it possible that if Trump and Hillary were the nominees offered by the two major parties, that the American people would gain their senses and look to third parties who have been cut out of the political process in the past. In the past, leaving millions of people disenfranchised has been the norm. Laws that protect the two-party system serve as barriers to entry in states across America. This has led to a system where, no...