V. O. Key, Jr., Pressure Groups 33. Walter Isaacson, Running with the PACs 34. Therefore, must control the effects of faction to prevent majority tyranny. Constitution also supports and nourishes factions by protecting freedoms of speech, assembly, etc. Interest groups are also checked because members always have other group interests.
Many authors argue that divided government creates gridlock and stalemate in government.
Politics increasingly is carried out by means other than elections. Declines in party influence and in voter turnout mean that elections are less important. Elections therefore do not establish who will or will not wield power. Political forces therefore concentrate their efforts in discrete sectors of government. Fragmentation results, decreasing government's ability to achieve national purposes.