President Congress: US Political System Analysis and Party Dynamics

This report delves into the intricate dynamics between the President and Congress, exploring the evolution of plebiscitary politics and its impact on the US political landscape. It examines the shift in power structures, particularly the waning of congressional authorization and the rise of executive authority. The report further analyzes the effects of changing membership in Congress, highlighting the challenges of constituent representation and the potential for increased partisan divisions. Additionally, it discusses the significance of changing party control, especially in the context of midterm elections and the implementation of legislative procedures. Key references from Schattschneider, Skocpol, and Smith et al. provide context and support for the analysis of these critical aspects of the American political system. The report emphasizes how these factors shape the balance of power and influence the functioning of the government.

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Plebiscitary politics
War along with foreign policy measures strengthened the plebiscitary authority structure
through redefinition of the Congress role, the US citizens as well as the media to condemn the
acts of executive responsibility. The development of plebiscitary presidency became effective
through the waning of congressional authorization for the period. While the plebiscitary
authority organization commenced with the autonomous re-election campaign of Nixon in the
1970s, the significant characteristics of such presidency developed prior to Nixon’s second
tenure (Smith et al. 2013). Earlier to the shift of plebiscitary power structure under the regime of
the 37th US president, America was reportedly in a state of emergency for almost four decades.
However, it is important to note that, the development of plebiscitary power organization was
entirely reliant on shifting the premises of associations among the executive and legislative
divisions as envisioned by the Constitutional convention. During plebiscitary politics, the US
public no longer offered a source of rightfulness for the military judgements formulated by the
presidency. Furthermore, the divergence of public outlook related to foreign procedures further
suggested the development of a post plebiscitary authority structure after the 9/11 terror attack
(Schattschneider 2017). The post-plebiscitary power recompenses exertion of undemocratic
executive authority and further pursues to silence the civil autonomies to comprehend their
administration. However, the subversion of competence has supported the development of a
post-plebiscitary power structure that permits the administrative to refute the legitimacy of the
actions that disapproves the executive program.

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Changing Membership
As members of US Congress characterize increased population, the value of constituent
illustration has been on the struggling phase when it comes to members’ collaborations with their
constituents. Elevating populated constituencies have interpreted into the rising demands and
stresses on the time of members with rising appeal for casework, grant aid, public appearances
and to further interact with major distributions of their divisions within their districts (Skocpol
2013). It has been noted that transforming leadership will facilitate the mitigation of some of the
emblematic losses related to the rising divisions, as members are more effortlessly able to
convey information. Establishing increased number of House districts would further improve the
citizens’ opportunities to communicate with their representatives along with their employees and
further facilitate the approachability and responsiveness to local concerns (Skocpol 2013). The
mutable membership could be able to make partnership building along with entrepreneurship
more intense within the Congress regime, aggravating partisan domination and incivility that
branches in part from the absence of personal relations and interaction among members.
Changing party control
America’s midterm voting is not only crucial for shaping current President’s regime but
further modifying the US political scenario for the following decades. Congress can be able to
employ special budget reconciliation procedures that further necessitates the majority of votes in
order to permit the recent legal system (Schattschneider 2017). The change of party authorization
would not only facilitate in providing the Democrats veto authority over recent bills but also
further let them evaluate the Trump governance more significantly. The performance of

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Democrats over the last decade has been considered as immensely depressing as a result, the
GOP has organized veto-evidence super evidences in over 15 state legislatures.

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References
Schattschneider, Elmer. Party government: American government in action. Routledge, 2017.
Schattschneider, Elmer. Party government: American government in action. Routledge, 2017.
Skocpol, Theda. Diminished democracy: From membership to management in American civic
life. Vol. 8. University of Oklahoma press, 2013.
Smith, Steven S., Jason M. Roberts, and Ryan J. Vander Wielen. The American Congress.
Cambridge University Press, 2013.