Title The two-party system nobody asked for / Robert Lockwood Mills

Published New York : Algora Publishing, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 236 pages) Contents George Washington was prescient -- A two-party system that nobody asked for -- A new two-party system (that nobody asked for) -- The fabulous fifties and dysfunctional sixties -- Of party bosses and primary elections -- The Donald and the Andrew -- Media (plural noun) vs. media (singular noun) -- Rules of the (political) game -- Attacking the two-party trust -- Failed third parties in history -- All politics is local, and other myths -- A court ruling worse than Citizens United? -- Voter fraud, electoral fraud, and fraudulent people -- How television, blogs, and social media affect politics -- Bucking the two-party system -- The endorsement game -- Of Senate rules and Supreme Court nominations -- Wall Street and the two-party system -- The two-party system and the First Amendment -- God, the media, and the two-party system -- Of dinos and rinos -- The two-party system and big-time sports -- The two-party system and the Supreme Court -- The two-party system and the 25th Amendment -- Partisanship and deep pockets -- The war on Christmas and other political wars -- The two-party system and mother nature -- The two-party system and gender wars -- Partisanship vs. non-partisanship -- The two-party system makes strange bedfellows -- Nobody is allowed to be an independent -- 'Judge not, lest you be judged non-partisan' -- The two-party system is bad for one's health -- The man who upset the two-party duopoly -- Party-switchers don't hurt the duopoly -- The mid-terms settle nothing -- Those inscrutable Florida voters -- Gerrymandering and the courts -- The new political landscape -- Possible third-party candidacies in 2020 -- The elephant(s) in the room -- Another potential elephant -- A radical idea from a radical centrist -- Until it happens -- Epilogue Summary Bob Mills analyzes the Democratic Party and the Republican Party over the course of time. He finds both of them seriously flawed, and raises deep questions about the two-party system overall Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 17, 2019) Subject Democratic Party (U.S.) -- History Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History SUBJECT Democratic Party (U.S.) fast Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) fast Subject Political parties -- United States -- History Two-party systems -- United States -- History Political culture -- United States POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. Political culture Political parties Politics and government Two-party systems SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781628943559 1628943556

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