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Something something USA NEEDS MORE PARTIES something
i have parties
Can I come?
Can I come?
They don't necessarily need more parties,which would require a very difficult constitutional amendment, but states should regulate political parties more strongly.
The latter is more in line with the constitution and should be more easy.
States could make a reasonable case that the Republican and Democratic parties have grown too powerful and that national party interests have too much influence over their state politics.
That would allow them to put in place policies to ensure the parties are governed more by local interests.
It seems that Alaska already has this in place and even though the state is solidly Republican, their representatives quite frequently work with Democrats to further their own Alaskan interests.