other hand, have not achieved unity because of the strong division between Southerners' social conservatism and suburbanites' economic conservatism"(Reddy 47).The result of growing internal divisions in the two parties has been that American voters have stopped identifying as strongly as they used to with their political parties--or they may identify strongly only with those factions that they see as serving their particular interests; which leads to increased dissension and makes it more difficult for parties to achieve their legislative ends. While the two-party system has generally facilitated Americans' participation in the political processes of indirect democracy, the developments of recent years may indicate that they are growing more detached from their roles as members of a democracy and that only an increased number of factional parties will ensure a return to closer identification with the processes of democratic self-government....
