[piercehawkeye45]

I don't see any reason to believe that it will right now but if the republican party dies then it might be possible for the Democratic party to split in half over a future issue.


I agree that more political parties need to form and become influential but I don't think it will happen anytime soon, at least at a national level. Not only do politicians need to stay within the population's mainstream views, they also have to appeal to business as well and that is a large limiting factor. No business will support a far left or right candidate. Too many workers rights and not enough subsides would hurt many corporations very badly and they would never accept that.

All major change (labor, feminist, civil, gay rights) have all come from grassroot organizations. If anything big is going to happen in the future, it will have to be from there. Even if a new national political party does rise up, they will most likely be no different then what we have now. I don't really see the two party system as the problem, I see it as a result of the problem.