Write on the following option, explaining your position as thoroughly and as completely as possible. Describe the role that the political parties play, and have played, in American politics. Also, why has the two-party political system emerged and lasted so long in the United States, and do you believe that the two-party political system in America is still running smoothly? Explain why, or why not, you feel this way, and give specific examples of the two party system to support your conclusions.

Please do not number the pages or put any type of surname headings on them.