The Great American Tug-of-War: How the Two-Party System is Failing Everyone American politics is like an old, broken vending machine—you put in your vote, cross your fingers, and hope you don’t get a half-melted candy bar that expired in 1996. The two-party system, once hailed as a pillar of stability, has turned into a never-ending slugfest where the goal isn’t progress, but making sure the other