Conflictual Government.

        The basis of American politics is conflictual. In everyday life the word politics is linked with debate and conflict. We as a nation split our opinions into two different categories, conservative and liberal. During the 2016 election, the divide between the two parties was bigger than ever.
         While you may say that our country is united by one common goal, the ways we achieve that goal is progress through conflict. Conflict allows for the minds of people to be swayed through in depth conversation of our government. Brookes proved in the article, "One Nation, Slightly Divisible" that political bias is inevitable when trying to form a nation. His article was blatantly bias with many digs at republicans such as "racist" and "homophobic". Some of the most prominent conflict stems from the stereotypes that come with the different political parties. While Liberals are stereotyped for having idealistic views and no way to accomplish their goals, conservatives are usually portrayed as small town people with small minds.
         Our country was built off of using conflict to accomplish the common goal we all share. We use debates as a way to get to know our political candidates better, benefiting from the conflict. In the map below, it is showed that the political decisions of our country are divided, displaying that even our states don't all have the same views. Each states population usually leans one way or the other, debating within themselves what candidate to vote for and where to use their electoral college votes.


Our country thrives off of conflict, it uses conflict to better itself in every way. Conflict is a necessary evil if we want progress and development.