Voting and Election in America

Voting and Election in America
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Voting and Election in America
Like many other countries, America uses a multi-party system in electoral processes whereas the two main and powerful parties are the Republican and the Democratic parties. However, other parties like Libertarian, Natural Law, Green Parties, Reform, Constitution, and Socialist can promote a preferred presidential candidate in an election. In addition, the candidate eyeing the presidential seat is expected to possess a few characteristics that citizens will consider before electing them to power. Such may include; having a robust vision for the future of Americans, communicating with people effectively, being courageous enough to make unpopular decisions, topnotch crisis management skills, and being of good character and integrity. Thus, both the political parties and the candidates have specific roles in mobilizing electoral participation in recent American elections. In addition, the likelihood of voting is also influenced by individual characteristics of voters, electoral practices, and electoral laws.
Role of Parties and Candidates
With the expansion of the electorate, political parties evolved, thus mobilizing the growing number of voters to signify political control. The American political parties have adopted the accomplishment of this task since they became institutionalized. Many citizens wish to be part of the government; however, for this to be fulfilled, willing citizens should join a specific party to represent. The party will then train the willing citizen to be a candidate that will represent it in the electoral process. Generally, the parties look out for each other in any election then select candidates who will represent them in other public offices. These parties have goals for the government to implement; therefore, they will need a leader to represent them in the government for these goals to be achieved.
The parties also conduct elections that enable them to nominate their candidates, after which they rally their supporters and persuade them through mobilization to vote them in government. The parties also participate in all government dealings and proceedings to safeguard the goals set for the American people (Module 6, Lecture 2). Party members or candidates who have been voted in different public offices to represent the parties will be bonded through their party as the officeholders for the party. In contrast, the party acts as the bonding agent. The party's role also includes being or acting as the watchdog over the other parties that may be going against government proceedings or the will of the people. Other roles of political parties include monitoring the actions of members who hold public offices, whether they are from the same political party or not. For example, the Trump Administration was monitored by other parties who criticized his government for dividing Americans instead of uniting them. As a result, his administration was accused of promoting racism and gender inequality, thus prompting his impeachment.
Additionally, it is the role of the political parties to educate the electorate about campaign issues that they might be experiencing. Such was experienced in the Trump and Biden campaign ...