In my case, it seems to be the opposite: Hell, even someone I considered a friend back in high school told me to go back to my own country because I didn't agree with his politics. Even when I indicated to him that we were born in the same city, he still kept up his rabid tirade simply because I'm a brown person with a non-white name like John Smith: His words, though summarized and meant to go straight to the main idea. I ended my friendship with him. I have a lot of problems to deal with in my life like bills, debts to pay off, keeping a roof over my head and food in my belly. Trump supporters in this area launching racist remarks at me (such as the comment above, ching chong, that my people are the reason for why America is China's -blam!- (I'm not even Chinese), etc.) are easily one of my additional problems now, and I don't need additional cancer/additional cancerous people in my life. I definitely agree that if there were a lack of parties, or even more parties being taken seriously in America, things wouldn't be so much of a burning circus in this country. For the second part, I can't really see a majority of people in this country making up their own minds or thinking for themselves, especially now with how polarized American politics has become. I do wish that critical thinking was a subject that would be its own class in high school, because nowadays, it seems like many people in this country seem to lack that basic skill.