Bipartisan System In The US

The government in the United States consists ofand judicial (the courts). This way, each branch of
different parts and it is a very complicatedpower has a certain authority over the
system, as the result. Looking at theothers.going back to the main question "why does
political-philosophical background of the Americanthe government always consist of the two
government may be helpful in explaining this novelparties and not just one?", first it should be noted
and unique complexity. the philosophical bases,that two branches of executive and legislative are
minded by the Founding Fathers when shaping theincluded in this regard _the judicial branch is
government in 1787 after the Revolution andexcluded, because it is the President that chooses
composing the Constitution has been multifold, butand appoints the judges for life, not the people.
mainly focusing on theories of MontesquieuOn the other hand, the President and members
(divided government), Thomas Hobbesof the Congress are elected somehow directly by
(democracy), and John Lock (liberal democracy).the people (not perfectly, due to the liberal
These three weave tightly together to shapedemocratic tradition in avoiding the minority
what we see now in the government of thedictatorship).
United States. what this paper is going to searchThere are two main ideas for explaining this
back in the historical philosophy, however, ispopular behavior in having the two branches each
analyzing not why the American government isis in the hand of one party. The first says it is the
ruled and maintained by the two party system,Constitution-consciousness of the people that
but to find out why it is divided almost alwaysleads them to choose consciously to have two
between the two parties (that is, why at leastbranches under the control of two parties. That is
two main parties take control of parts ofto say, it is an American mind to fear the
government, such that they make a balance inoligarchy. In fact, if the affiliates of a party is
the control of power.powerful and multiple in number that it can decide
As the word "divided" may suggest, the situationto force one party into the White House, then
takes its roots from Montesquieu. That is, asthe same amount of members exist for forcing
Montesquieu argues, the control of power shouldthe same party into the Congress. What makes
be spread in different parts of an entity, i.e.voters not to do that is the mentioned fear of
government, so that the possibility of abuse ofoligarchy, in spite of the fact that they may have
power is reduced to the least. Of course this is inaccepted the principles of that party.
line with other American basic political philosophies,On the other hand, the second idea speaks of the
democracy and liberal democracy, because itsituation as an accidental one. It proposes that the
conforms to the principles of democracy that ishistorical devotion of power of each branch to
against the power of the minority, or oligarchy.each of the two parties isn't something to be
The divided government is now known in thedone consciously, but accidentally. For example,
American political terminology as the total systemthe affiliates of the party chosen for the
of "checks and balances". The system maintainsexecutive branch are not so many to provide
the embodiment of the division of government inforce to fill the Congress vocations as well.
the form of binaries and/or vertical-horizontalThe historical fact that during several elections of
divisions of power. It can be seen in federal,each branch held in the nation's history, the
states and municipal governments. The otherstrange and interesting division has survived,
division of power is done vertically by cutting thealthough it has not been set as a rule in the
federal government into three branches:Constitution, suggests the first idea as logical and
executive (the President), legislative (Congress),acceptable.