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The two-party stranglehold on American politics is cracking • Daily Montanan [1]

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Date: 2025-08-08

If you’ve ever felt like your choice in the voting booth was between the lesser of two weasels — one with a D behind their name and the other with an R — rest assured, you’re not alone.

American politics have been dominated by two political parties for far too long, especially since both seem to primarily serve the interests of their wealthy donors.

The good news is that both major parties are showing signs of both internal and external dissent at the national and state level.

At the national level, the GOP is facing the grim reality that the policies, actions, and scandals of President Trump are resulting in the lowest approval rating for any president from either party at this point in their term.

Independents are leading the drop, which has the GOP so panicked it’s turned to desperate measures such as immediate redistricting to attempt to avert losses that will change the balance of Congress in the mid-term elections.

That’s no surprise since those policies overwhelmingly favor the mega-wealthy while negatively impacting everyone else. The glaring example would be the result of the Big Ugly Bill — called the greatest upward shift of wealth in the nation’s history — while costs for basic necessities like groceries and utilities and the national debt skyrocket.

Then there’s Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s Wall St. Journal for publishing a “bawdy” birthday card he allegedly sent to his longtime friend and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Trump’s MAGA base is so up in arms Speaker of the House Mike Johnson adjourned the House early to avoid a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

Closer to home, three Montana Republican senators are suing their own party claiming “the state party’s actions against them violated its governing rules and the constitutional protection of legislative immunity.” Why would the GOP hassle it’s own legislators? Apparently for the crime of working with Democrat legislators.

The Democrats have their hands full, too. On the national level the genocide being committed by Israel against the Palestinians as Netanyahu seeks “full conquest” of Gaza is splitting the party. As horrifying pictures of mass starvation and utter destruction flood the media, long-standing Democrat support for Israel is increasingly being opposed by Democrat candidates since the U.S. provides billions to Israel annually, including the deadly weaponry being used on helpless Palestinian civilians.

Meanwhile, here in Montana, the Democrats are going after each other with the release of a controversial memo titled “Tangible Damages” citing “certain Montana legislative Democrats’ decisions to work unquestioningly with the Republican Governor and his Republican legislative allies.”

If that sounds mighty familiar to the Montana GOP’s efforts to control and command its own members without question, no surprise! The fact is those in power want to preserve the two-party system so they can continue their R v. D battle while governance to bring “the greatest good for the greatest number” gets kicked to the sidelines.

But just as the Independents are fleeing Trump’s chaotic and authoritarian rule, those who are more concerned with the benefit to themselves, their fellow citizens, and society at large are finding the two party system isn’t really delivering for them.

The bottom line is that our populace has much more in common than in conflict and are increasingly tired of being told we only have two choices — R or D. It may be pie in the sky to think the two party system is cracking — but at this juncture in our state and nation, it’s increasingly evident many people are ready for something else.

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