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IQ2 US: The two-party system is making America ungovernable

21 Feb 2011

This debate took place in New York on 21st February 2011.

The Republican and Democratic parties are entrenched in calcified partisanship, where politics is played as a zero-sum game. The rise of the Tea Party, liberal backlash, and the exodus of moderate voices from Congress all point toward the American public’s growing discontent. Has America's two-party system failed them? Is this a call to change their two-party system of governance?

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Speakers for the motion

David Brooks

Op-Ed columnist, New York Times
Arianna Huffington

Co-founder and editor-in-chief, The Huffington Post

Chair

John Donvan

Correspondent for ABC News

Speakers against the motion

Zef Chafets

Contributor, New York Times Magazine; Former columnist, New York Daily News
P J O' Rourke

America's top political satirist and author of 13 best-selling books.

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