Difference Between Donkey And Elephantism

The donkey and the elephant rule our current political parties. Political parties provide essential principles of organization for government. Further, political parties mobilize the population to vote when they wouldn’t have otherwise. As James Madison once said, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary (Madison 51)”. If society was perfect there would be no need for government, but that is not the case. People need government and there would be no form of organization in the branches, nor, in the presidential election system without political parties. Knowing that we do have a government in place, Jonathon Rauch stated, “If the Constitution were all we had, politicians would be incapable of getting organized to accomplish even