Until more people choose to leave the two major parties & vote for the other parties

then there will always be two parties. Within the two parties, however, there are definitely wide spectrums of beliefs. There are radical, liberal, and centrist democrats, and radical, conservative and centrist republicans. There are religious or non-religious people in both parties. In some countries, these varied peoples brea off to form their own parties, we just have opted to band together in this country.

occurs when a party undergoes a major shift in its electoral base and political agenda. the groups of people composing the party coalition may split up, resulting in a vastly different party. realignments are rare and tend to be signaled by a critical election. the last realignment occurred during the new deal, when many wor ing class and ethnic groups joined together under the democratic party

Electoral College... 270 electoral votes. Winner takes all 2 party system.

!oopholes consist of bundling, soft money and independent e"penditures. #upreme $ourt of the United #tates struc down several provisions in the %&'( )mendment to a law that limited campaign e"penditures, independent e"penditures by individuals and groups, and e"penditures by a candidate from personal funds. It introduced the idea that money counts as speech, and prohibited any restraints on unlimited spending in U# election campaigns. The $ourt upheld the provision which sets limits on individuals* campaign contributions )n interest group is an organi+ation of people with similar policy goals who enter the political process to try to achieve those aims. Interest groups pursue their goals in many arenas. Interest groups differ from political parties in that they do not run their own slate of candidates. Incumbents, or current political office holders Incumbency is good if a politician is active and has a good trac record on issues. It is a bad thing because I believe change is a good thing, and without new politician most things just stay the way they have been.