I think polarization is a huge problem that may eventually damage the country seriously (you could argue that it's doing that already). I have been to the US si

I think polarization is a huge problem that may eventually damage the country seriously (you could argue that it's doing that already). I have been to the US since 2000 and it seems a lot of people are more interested in their party winning than in things being run well. So instead of solving problems people in Congress are busy campaigning all the time. Or trying to impeach whatever president has been elected starting right after the election. Things like health care are impossible to address. The US wants small government but it actually has a pretty big government that's very badly run and inefficient. Since the 80s all this could be compensated by running up bigger and bigger deficits but that will be over at some point. I think the country desperately needs to add some element of proportional representation to the election system so people don't have choice between just two viable options but more. I believe things would change a lot if the big parties couldn't always vote straight party line but would have to make compromises with other opinions.