Do political parties in the United States live up to the responsible party model? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
In some ways, yes, but most political observers would say no. Although some changes in our system over the past twenty years or so have brought the American parties closer to a responsible parties system, especially in the distinctive policy programs the parties have come to represent, recent events show we are falling short of the model. There is a growing disconnect between behavior of party leaders and the demands of our constitutional system of checks and balances. Extremely polarized parties in our system of shared powers are a recipe for gridlock and frustration, which is pretty much what most Americans see today in their national government. In practice, the American system also falls short of the idealized responsible party model because American voters don’t fit the model’s conditions; they do not vote solely on party or issues, relying on other considerations, like candidate experience and personality.
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