There must be at least 2 parties involved in "elections" to give the appearance of choice, and thereby a semblance of representation. Campaign contributions, dark money, sweet deals, insider trading perks, matching money from the FEC, and media play control whichever mouthpiece is elected, and bribery and threats of exposure control the recalcitrant oddball. Which party gets in play matters little except for the verbal trash talking in the news. You have 2 front men to pick from, and then you are expected to silently wait 4 more years while preplanned events are put in play, and both of them immediately begin campaigning for the next "battle" for your vote. We can't vote this cancer out, it has metastasized too far.