module question (Poli Sci)

QUESTION:

Is the two party system broken? What are alternatives? Are alternatives even plausible given our history, the entrenched system, and our psychology?(400 words)

Refernce three of the six articles in your response!!!!

1.) NPR Debate  - only really need to listen through the opening statements of the debators.

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/17/133838193/is-the-two-party-system-making-u-s-ungovernable

2.) Another Huffington Post article saying America needs a third party:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-e-schwarz/america-needs-a-new-party_b_2773339.html

3.) The psychological take on “either / or” from The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/03/the-emotional-psychology-of-a-two-party-system/273906/

4.) Watch the video from The Big Think about how the US system compares to others and how easy/hard it is to change:

http://bigthink.com/videos/the-parties-that-never-end

5.) Article from the Huffington Post on one alternative

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-krinsky/a-fourparty-system-for-the-us_b_3531406.html

6.) Read a NY times article calling for a third party:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/opinion/03friedman.html?_r=0