The two-party system nobody asked for
By: Robert Lockwood Mills
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781628943559
Subjects: History; Political parties; Two-party systems; Political culture; Politics and government; Bipartisme; Histoire; Politique et gouvernement; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Political Process; Elections; General; Democratic Party (U.S.); Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: George Washington was prescient; title: A two-party system that nobody asked for; title: A new two-party system (that nobody asked for); title: The fabulous fifties and dysfunctional sixties; title: Of party bosses and primary elections; title: The Donald and the Andrew; title: Media (plural noun) vs. media (singular noun); title: Rules of the (political) game; title: Attacking the two-party trust; title: Failed third parties in history; title: All politics is local, and other myths; title: A court ruling worse than Citizens United?; title: Voter fraud, electoral fraud, and fraudulent people; title: How television, blogs, and social media affect politics; title: Bucking the two-party system; title: The endorsement game; title: Of Senate rules and Supreme Court nominations; title: Wall Street and the two-party system; title: The two-party system and the First Amendment; title: God, the media, and the two-party system; title: Of dinos and rinos; title: The two-party system and big-time sports; title: The two-party system and the Supreme Court; title: The two-party system and the 25th Amendment; title: Partisanship and deep pockets; title: The war on Christmas and other political wars; title: The two-party system and mother nature; title: The two-party system and gender wars; title: Partisanship vs. non-partisanship; title: The two-party system makes strange bedfellows; title: Nobody is allowed to be an independent; title: 'Judge not, lest you be judged non-partisan'; title: The two-party system is bad for one's health; title: The man who upset the two-party duopoly; title: Party-switchers don't hurt the duopoly; title: The mid-terms settle nothing; title: Those inscrutable Florida voters; title: Gerrymandering and the courts; title: The new political landscape; title: Possible third-party candidacies in 2020; title: The elephant(s) in the room; title: Another potential elephant; title: A radical idea from a radical centrist; title: Until it happens; title: Epilogue.