or is it designed so that people are elected to office based on promises they made and then go to congress to simply try to execute as many of their promises as possible?
For example candidates A get elected and win a majority based on issues that were debated before the voters who gave then a big victory. Is the job then of Candidates A to simply do their job or fulfill their promises? or is it to seek out Candidates B who are now in a distinct minority to try to "work on putting something together that both sides can agree on"?
I am kind of confused about this cause what seems logical and seems like common sense to me does not seem to happen in the USA. I thought it was winners get the prize ??
maybe the problem is the whole notion of having two big parties that are really not all that much different from each other on what they want other than on some fringe stuff. Maybe if we had more than 2 parties, maybe 3 or 4 big parties or maybe if we did not have parties at all.......
For example candidates A get elected and win a majority based on issues that were debated before the voters who gave then a big victory. Is the job then of Candidates A to simply do their job or fulfill their promises? or is it to seek out Candidates B who are now in a distinct minority to try to "work on putting something together that both sides can agree on"?
I am kind of confused about this cause what seems logical and seems like common sense to me does not seem to happen in the USA. I thought it was winners get the prize ??
maybe the problem is the whole notion of having two big parties that are really not all that much different from each other on what they want other than on some fringe stuff. Maybe if we had more than 2 parties, maybe 3 or 4 big parties or maybe if we did not have parties at all.......