The Choosing Of Legislators-Federal Part Three

The Choosing Of Legislators-Federal Part Three

The Founding Fathers were always wary of political parties. They were highly concerned they would control the political process, reducing their candidates for office to proxy status. They did not want political parties and their controllers to dominate the body politic to the point that officeholders were their puppets.

Non-Partisan Blanket Primary would definitely lessen influence of the political parties and would still be in the confines of the US Constitution. The Founding Fathers wanted political parties to serve as institutes of civic education and of humanitarian assistance. The role of the political parties was also to groom candidates so they can better serve the people by applying the general ideology and platform of the party and its members.

Yet Americans and America has strayed away from that role. We need to get back to it!