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[Machiavellian]

Shtinamin_ said:

Machiavellian said:

Which people, the constituents or the politicians.  For the constituents, its because they believe the party aligns with what they believe in.  Also if you are not part of the party you cannot vote in the primary which allows you to choose who runs at least for President in your party. For the politicians, it would be the same thing right.  The party you in is the one that aligns mostly with what you believe in or at least the main issues.

The funny thing is, if you gave many people who belong to either party a blind survey on the things they believe in, the majority of them would find they have more in common than not.  The thing is, there are certain principles or subjects they strongly disagree on and those usually end up being the topic they vote for.

Case in point, I have a friend who absolutely hates Trump but he would vote for him if he win the primary because he would be the GOP candidate and he is strongly against abortion.

So why doesn't America stop using political parties? 

I am getting the feeling you are asking question just to be asking question.  You probably can think this one through yourself to be honest.  I gave you a pretty simple reason why people join political parties, why would you ask a question I already answered.

We all want the betterment of the country we live in, but people have different ideas as to how to make the country they live in better.

Actually we all do not want the betterment of the country.  A lot of people want the betterment for themselves which is not the same thing.

That is some party determination there.

If only you knew.