Are We Really Stuck With Biden Vs Trump, Again?

<p>Large numbers of Americans are unhappy with the idea of a Biden vs Trump rematch,<a href="https://news.yahoo.com/poll-most-americans-say-biden-and-trump-are-not-fit-to-serve-as-president-133443536.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;polls show</a>, but both the Democratic and Republican parties appear to be paralyzed, unable to do anything about it.There’s a reason why.Both parties are<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/too-much-democracy-is-bad-for-democracy/600766/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;shells of their former selves</a>, and strong political parties are the foundation of a healthy democracy, many<a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/01/22/579670528/how-democracies-die-authors-say-trump-is-a-symptom-of-deeper-problems" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;political experts agree</a>. For too long Americans have seen political parties as the villains, and individual politicians and voters as the heroes.That thinking has to change if American democracy is going to survive, Lee Drutman argues in <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/political-reform/reports/more-parties-better-parties/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a new study</a>.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>