POL SCI 21A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Conscience Vote, Divided Government, Party System
23 Feb 2018
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A key feature of british government is the principle of collective responsibility. It has often been said that one of the major problems with american political parties is the weakness of collective responsibility. Why is that president trump can not always count on fellow republicans in. People get alienatedbecause politicians cannot deliver but system wasn"t designed to deliver: compromise is necessary to get anything done at all, but hard to accomplish given strong campaign commitments, result is frequent gridlock, accountability weakened. *why parties are weaker in the u. s. than in parliamentary countries (things parties can do in parliamentary countries but not in u. s. ): deny party nominations. U. s. : candidate-centered elections: candidates run on their own without the support of national party leaders (ex: trump): deny congressional committee posts, deny congressional staff support, whip them to vote a particular way. Ex: republicans" resistance to trump (i. e. obamacare repeal) Why only 2 parties in u. s: electoral system.
