the two party system is failing democracy itself. the republicans and democrats always argue about ideas. they think they are both better then eachother.and now that the governement is divided in half.so right there goes checks and balances. now one party will force the other to submit to get what they want. and the voters dont really care aboutwhat the person is talking about they will vote for that person based on his/her party. that leads to bad people in the government, stealing form the people. that sprobably why america continues to go down the shitter. i say get rid of the parties. vote for the person for what they can do.