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Having three people in charge would also mean a big change and we have had one person in charge for centuries and it works so don't change what has worked

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Having three people in charge would also mean a big change and we have had one person in charge for centuries and it works so don't change what has worked

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idk if we can look at the president as a policy maker, he's more of a catalyst used by others to get their

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Having one person run the country can't always be a good idea. Having three people that are knowledgeable in different subjects sounds much smarter

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Interest groups are only super knowledgeable in one topic, so a President can't run a country only knowing a lot about one topic.

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interest groups are intended to influence government to pass legislation not control it like political parties

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Political parties and interests groups share the same goal of changing what the government does. Why would they wanna change them? I feel like it's going to change nothing and be the same.

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You don't have to identify with one party. You can identify with Democratic values and Republican values

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You don't have to identify with one party. You can identify with Democratic values and Republican values

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i feel like it would turn into a war of interest groups Everyone countering everything 

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i feel like it would turn into a war of interest groups Everyone countering everything 

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i had that idea as well but feel it would make politics even more chaotic 

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i had that idea as well but feel it would make politics even more chaotic 

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Interest groups only offer advice for what they are specialized in. So if you have a Pro-Choice interest group advising the president you would only get Pro-Choice legislation passed, and not have the other side represented.

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as long as you're a citizen you should be able to vote

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if there's already conflict with two parties, there would be that much more with so many interest groups 

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if there's already conflict with two parties, there would be that much more with so many interest groups 

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taking a test before you vote is a bad idea because  even if someone is not in the top %30 doesn't mean they don't have an opinion

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taking a test before you vote is a bad idea because  even if someone is not in the top %30 doesn't mean they don't have an opinion

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that would make this country even more elitist. not a good thing

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that would make this country even more elitist. not a good thing

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people's morals aren't based on their intelligence, setting intelligence requirements for voting would only shrink the number of voters.

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I could see people getting very offended if you had to take a test to see if you could vote on our president. When you write it off as "only the intelligent can vote" then people would start arguing that they should be able to vote because they know different things than those that know politics specifically.

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Giving the people a voice definitely makes primaries a good thing

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Giving the people a voice definitely makes primaries a good thing

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Primaries-They Allow the country to just voice their main opinion.

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What would happen if we didn't have Donald Trump as president?
What would happen to the primaries?

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A party is not going to often change its stance on an issue because not only will they be stating that they were wrong about it but they will also lose membership

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their views have to be different from each other to have separate parties in the first place

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their views have to be different from each other to have separate parties in the first place

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okay so its like making a Hot Dog, you have your toppings like mustard and ketchup and cheese maybe even beans, if this hot dog is a political party and the toppings are the ideas like pro-life then the leaders of that party throw on that topping so that people will go with it and join them cause they like what is served.

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You lose votes if you change your stance on a issue for a political party.

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You lose votes if you change your stance on a issue for a political party.

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People might not fallow third parties do to a lot of people seeing third parties as extreme compared to republicans and democrats 

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People might not fallow third parties do to a lot of people seeing third parties as extreme compared to republicans and democrats 

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There needs to be strong leader to start another party and have followers to become as big as the Democrats or Republicans

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There needs to be strong leader to start another party and have followers to become as big as the Democrats or Republicans

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The popularity of the party heavily relies on the member that had a significant influence on American History.

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The popularity of the party heavily relies on the member that had a significant influence on American History.

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the popularity of the parties depends on the needs of the people at the time.  eventually another party will rise in power as our priorities shift

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the popularity of the parties depends on the needs of the people at the time.  eventually another party will rise in power as our priorities shift

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I agree with Emma in the sense that third parties are often too narrow in their beliefs to get a large enough following  while Democrats and Republicans often tend to stay closer to the middle which gets more people to side with them

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I agree with Michael, his idea relates to what the group is talking about, arguing and choosing one party. They probably won't stand a chance.

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you see its much like chocolate ice cream vs. Vanilla people are so focused on that but no one asks the question Chocolate ice vs. mint people have become way to familiar with the argue of just the two parties everything else doesn't stand a chance.

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I think Independents don't have a party because its hard to organize and unite people who have specific views on different issues.

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I think Independents don't have a party because its hard to organize and unite people who have specific views on different issues.

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I think the Primaries are good for the country because it gives a voice to the voiceless.

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why haven't other party's become more popular over the years???

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They've been around so long and change is hard

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They've been around so long and change is hard

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Lack of publicity, a lot of people are ignorant to the variety of political parties.

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Lack of publicity, a lot of people are ignorant to the variety of political parties.

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Ready for the seminar :)