Does America Have A Two Party System?

Question 1

Yes?

Answer 1

. All presidents between 1853 have been either a Republican or Democrat
. Democrat and Republican votes combined regularly win over 95% of the vote in presidential elections and win all the votes in the electoral college.
. In January 2013, 98 of the 100 senators belonged to either the Republican or Democratic Party. This means that congress is completely dominated by the two major parties, which control:

. All the leadership positions including Committee Chairmanships

Question 2

No?

Answer 2

. The US still has around 50 other individual state parties which are organisationally autonomous and ideologically varied - means the US could have a 50 party system.
. Third parties did play a major part in the 1992’ 1996 and 2000 presidential elections.
. Some states act more as 1 party states where one party wins virtually every election on a federal, state or local level.