The same thing happens when considering public officials who are Republicans and are yet more open minded than most of their colleagues. Belonging to a certain political party does not necessarily mean that one has to change his or her principles. Even with the fact that the two major parties in the U.S. have different opinions in regard to a series of matters, they seem to agree in most situations. This is basically a result of the fact that they want the majority of people to like them and they know that the only method to do so would be for them to perform actions that would be appreciated by the general public. Thus, it would be irresponsible for either party to perform extremist acts or to refrain from acting in agreement with what the masses want. Doing so would only reduce their number of voters and would influence the majority to vote with the other party. Many party members actually go as far as to fraternize...

is a nation of two political parties and it is very likely that it will stay this way in the near future, as Democrats and Republicans have practically become accustomed to promoting the same ideologies that they have promoted for the last two centuries. It is difficult to devise a plan to change this system because it appears that the masses appreciate it and feel that parties have most of the values they are interested in and that it would thus be complicated to turn their attention toward a new party, taking into account that it would bring on ideas that they are not familiar with. While people value change, they are typically hesitant about electing public officials that they feel are not an active part of the Democrat and Republican families that have struggled to assist the American public through the years.