Donald Trump’s surprise election win dramatizes how weak the party system in the United States has become. Over the course of the twentieth century, the Republican and Democratic Parties gradually ...

We do not need a third party in America. Instead, we need to declare our independence from the two we have. We are forced to register as a member of a party in order to have a meaningful vote (or any ...

Ask any group of Americans, and the majority of them will express deep hatred for the two-party system. Support for a third party (though not any specific third party) is at an all-time high according ...

The two-party system, by itself, is not inherently bad. Even countries with multiparty elections tend to have two dominant parties. What hurts the US is the electoral system used, first-past-the-post ...

As observers bemoan what they see as increasing polarization and a lack of civility in politics, some have wondered if we've hit a point where the two-party system has made America ungovernable. Some ...

Editor's Note: On Thursday, Aug. 18, at 5 p.m. EDT, the PBS NewsHour along with the Hutchins Center for African and African-American Research will present a special forum on "Race & the Race to the ...

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We are in a moment of nervous, semi-panicked reflection about the health and prospects of the American political system. Take The Atlantic’s March essay, “America Is Not a Democracy.” It begins with ...

This article first appeared on the Foundation for Economic Education site. Imagine living in a world where there are only two choices. Chocolate or vanilla. Hot or cold. Light or darkness. There are ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the goals associated with a political organization. We regret the error. Next year could feature a six-way race for ...

For decades, American voters have been told they have a choice. But in reality, that "choice" is almost always between two political parties that increasingly resemble each other in dysfunction and ...