The Role Of Polarization In American Politics

That America is incapacitated because of the numerous problems affecting its electoral processes and/or institutional design is no longer a secret. The American political system is in a crisis; Anyone who has been paying a little attention to politics can agree that there are emergent issues subtly but seriously affecting American politics. This paper explores how the Political Action Committee(PAC) and rising polarization both have been persistently eating at the American politics. If addressed, the hopes of revitalizing the political processes and/or institutional design will be greatly enhanced.According to the Center for Responsible Politics, a super Political Action Committee (Super PACs) is a political action committee that can raise
Take for example the conclusion of the 2016 election. Regrettably, calls were rife for the Democratic Party to reconsider persuading its Electoral College electors from the blue states to overturn the trump win. What was at stake was the years of electoral traditions, established practices and honored political customs. It was a shameless depiction of how far elites can go in order to have their way— resulting polarization among the citizens notwithstanding. At the same time, responses by Republicans bordered on outright daredevilry. Republican supporters were, following the clarion call of their candidate to stop their opponent at whatever cost, willing to stage what others famously called a revolution. In their words, America had to be taken back; At all
To start with, it is essential to note that this is indeed a hard undertaking— but not entirely insuperable. In addition, the cure to the issues bedeviling politics of America may not yield instant results. There, however, is hope that a consistent implementation of the following, coupled with the adoption of good will among the American elites and politicians, may yield likeable fruits.
First, there is an urgent need to review and institute laws that will reintroduce spending limitations (Confessore & Thee-Brenan, 2015). This can be done by defining what corporations, unions, and other entities can/can’t do in elections. This will be a laudable manner of reducing the significance of corporate contributions, the roles of super PACs while at the same time raising the place and position of the vote of a common American citizen. To do this, it is mandatory that the input of American citizenry is sought and