With hate gripping America in recent times, questions abound on what role the two-party system plays in the widening gap and the apparently gradual disappearance of centrist ideas.
Radicalization on both sides of the spectrum could spin the US wheel of democracy out of control and it is gaining ground both among conservatives and liberals.
Dogmatism, extremism and hate are indeed harming Americas winner-take-all electoral system.
As division deepens, the danger of populism grows and the peril of a government with no legitimacy or broad national appeal is looming.