he greater involvement of the federal government in some areas of public life which they consider to be the responsibility of the states and communities. Democrats, on the other hand, tend to favor a more active role of the central government in social matters.
  To distinguish between the parties is often difficult, however. Furthermore, the traditional European terms of “right” and “left”, or “conservative” and “liberal” do not quite fit the American system. Someone from the “conservative right”, for instance, would be against the strong central government. Or a Democrat from one part of the country could be very “liberal”, and one from another part, quite “conservative”. Even if they had been elected as Democrats or Republicans, Representatives or Senators are not bound to a party program, nor are they subject to any discipline when they disagree with their party.
  While some voters will vote a “straight ticket”, in other words, for all of the Republican or Democratic candidates in election, many do not. The vote for one party’s candidate for one office, and another’s for another. As e result, the political parties have much less actual power than they do in other nations.
  In the US, parties cannot with seats which they are then free to fill with party members they have chosen. Rather, both Representatives and Senators are elected to serve the interests of the people and the areas they represent, that is, their “constituencies”. In about 70 per cent of

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