Majoritarianism In The Government System

In the government system there are two theories of democracy, which are majoritarian model and the pluralistic model. Both are used in governments worldwide, but they have different standards. It seems as though the United States leans towards the plurality system, but to understand more about the theories of majoritarianism and pluralism, there should be a grasp on how both theories would apply to the American politics and government. To start, there should be an understanding of the background of majoritarianism and pluralism. Thomas E. Patterson, the author of “We the People: An Introduction to American Government,” expresses majoritarianism is the majority in elections and policies. He also adds that for the most part, majoritarianism
The political parties were formed because there is the competition with the parties, that gives well-known majorities a choice on how they will be governed. The parties were formed by our first few presidents, such as Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, John Adams and James Monroe. The Democratic party was first known as the Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans, but later on became Democrats. For Republicans, they first became Federalists, then later on became Whigs and after that disintegrated, they officially became Republicans. After establishing themselves, during the Civil War, this was the only time in history did the party system fail to set aside political differences. After this event occurred, the nation had party realignments, meaning they changed their groups drastically and created patterns of competition between Democratic and Republican parties, which lasts to this day. Along the way the parties had more realignments, along with the Great Depression and from these acts. The realignments made lasting effects on elections because of voters’ long term party loyalties. From the history of the parties, today America has the electoral competition, which is centered around the Democrats and Republicans but in other countries, most democracies have a multiparty system, which is three or more parties. The United States has a plurality district system, meaning there is one single-member. The system is unfair towards minor
majoritarianism is referring to more “by the people,” whereas pluralism is another option to function and it is through interest groups. It seems as though the theory of pluralism works better with the United States politics and government as a whole. Patterson even wrote more information based on pluralism. And yes, majoritarianism is in our government, but not like other countries around the world, who have fully adapted to the theory. Americans do not have enough interests or understanding of politics and government, so if they wanted to switch to the theory of majoritarianism, a lot of changes would have to be made. Either way, both theories majoritarianism and pluralism are a part of politics and even though both theories have pros and cons, they somehow work into the