Since the mid-1850's, the Democrats and Republicans have dominated the American political scene. As pervasive as it has become, however, the two-party system is not an inherent part of the federal ...

If the tapestry of President Donald Trump's egregious lies continues to shape policy, democracy itself is in danger.

At the risk of piling on, Democrats also face another unexpected challenge—the global decline of mainstream center-left and ...

With both the Republican and Democratic Parties skewing toward their most extreme elements, a third party rising could help ...

It is perhaps the central irony of our politics today: We live in an incredibly polarized and partisan moment, but our political parties have ... thing is that the American people didn’t seem ...

Disputed Questions, a project of RealClear, is designed to bring great writers of diverse viewpoints together to discuss and debate, with civility, the great issues of our time. Is America headed ...

Might it finally be time for a broad-based American third political party? That’s a risky thought, looking at the wildly successful history of the U.S. two-party system, which has brought ...

Yet no sooner did Washington retire from office than political parties became a permanent fixture of American elections. One of the areas of fiercest competition among political parties is ...

Might it finally be time for a broad-based American third political party? That’s a risky thought, looking at the wildly successful history of the U.S. two-party system, which has brought ...

Gwen Ifill talks to residents and local politicians about the fractured political… Do the Republican and Democratic parties do an adequate job representing the American people or is a third ...