Does the American Political system meet the needs of the American People? "My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government -- he promised Dad he'd go straight"—John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It’s not whether or not the system can meet the needs of America, rather, why it does not – the politicians. The American political system cannot meet the needs of the American people because the right people are not elected to office. The right …showed first 75 words of 1970 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1970 total…community. They typically fail in elections because their very strong opponents in the Democratic and Republican parties usually dominate politics as a whole. In general because the right people cannot be elected to office, the needs and wants of the American people are not represented in our government. The American people lack representation by those who strive to please the people, and the system fails to serve the wants and needs of the American people.