All about Interest Groups, Political Parties, and Nominations and Campaigns

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The American system of democracy is heralded as popular , successful and modern due to its open and participatory process . The system is long and tedious for presidential candidates , expensive to the participants thereby gaining criticism from both scholars and politicians alike Their political parties have less collective responsibility than their British counterparts . As a result , the disadvantages realized have been observed and challenged to bring about a more unique and working formula for the coming elections . Pluralism and use of technology

will advance the politics of the U .S .A

All about Interest Groups , Political Parties , and Nominations and Campaigns

1 . Nominations and Campaigns

The American system of election is very expensive , time consuming and tedious to the aspiring presidential candidates . The length of the process determines the prosperity of a candidate from any political party . Although this time range favors some candidates its complexity and cost disqualifies other candidates . Since not all top party leaders are interested in the presidency , the aspiring candidates have to meticulously orchestrate their announcement of candidature to capture the public while at the same time win the approval and loyalty of their leaders . This occurs during the caucuses and primaries in which starts the road to the White House as argued by (Lader , 2006

This system has flaws for states like Iowa that still relies on caucuses . The suitable candidate can easily be locked out of the race early if they lack popularity with the party heads . The...