Americans take their political system for granted.

[Wonktonodi]

BraveNewWorld said:

WolfpackN64 said:

The American system is deeply flawed and very undemocratic. The 'winner takes all' method ensures only 2 parties can be in power. It's basically a Democrat-Republican tandemocracy

It's the citizens job to maintin the government. We've failed somewhere along the way. Our forefathers warned of political parties from the beginning.

"... is itself a frightful depotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism."

- President George Washington's farewell address, regarding political parties (1796)

We have in many places a system where politicians pick voters, not voters picking politicians, and it's so much easier to keep the status quo than to change it, especially for those in power.

Congress is ususally very upopular but, most of congress are in dristrics where they are at least popular there.