AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
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The purpose of this present essay is to review scholarly opinions regarding the upcoming
Presidential election and the current political scenario of America. The essay analyses three
pertinent articles that comments on the current nature of American elections, and review their
arguments on the unprecedented state of American politics.
` Although none of the articles aligns with any particular political ideology, the common
point where all of them converge is their dismay over the strong partisanship prevailing in
America, despite of a poor political infrastructure fuelled by the inadequacy of both the
prominent political parties. Azari (2016), in her article published in the Vox magazine, directly
addresses the partisanship issue, while calling out the inefficiency of both the Republicans and
the Democrats without holding back. She observes that there is a shortcoming in the networks
approach that these parties tend to follow, and this has impaled the party organization that
essentially hampers their influence on both party insiders and the public. As a result of such
uncoordination, Azar notes, inexperienced, unqualified, or extreme candidates may rise.
However, she observes, despite of a weak candidacy, America is facing serious partisanship
which is reflected by the increasing gap between Republican and Democrat votes. Azar also
opines that such strong partisanship, with the background of weak party systems, is detrimental
for the nation, as it may result in destabilization of institutions and increased suspicion and
abhorrence for the opposing faction.
Drutman (2017), in his article also addresses this growing political divide and increasing
tension between the participants of the American bi-party system, and its consequences as
reflected on the voters. He maintains that the voters of both the parties in the current scenario are
seem to be prominently divided, while the standpoints of these two parties are going further apart

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