What is your personal opinion on the US political system?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Should be smashed and replaced with a proletarian dictatorship.

[TNF]

The United States political system is archaic and reactionary. It is antidemocratic by design and that fact becomes more and more evident with each passing year. At the very least, things like the Senate filibuster, the electoral college, and the cap on the size of the House of Representatives need to be repealed. Ideally, the Constitution that was installed during the Coup of 1788-89 by the merchants, creditors, and slaveowners needs to be burnt and a new constitutional convention called that would produce a document that would transfer power directly to the working masses.

[Torie]

Dysfunctional, irresponsible, and tragically ineffective, with far too much of its decision making driven by campaign $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.  Other than that, it's the most perfect political system ever designed by our species, gracing the most sublime nation ever to exist on this planet, divinely inspired, as so many of our politicians keep reminding us.

I think that about sums it up, leaving nothing else left to be said. Sorry to be such a thread killer.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I love how our red avatar friends hate the Constitution because their party lost.

[New_Conservative]

I love how our red avatar friends hate the Constitution because their party lost.

[Citizen Hats]

I love how our red avatar friends hate the Constitution because their party lost.

As opposed to, you know, not really linking certain features of the constitution because we aren't conservatives

[Lincoln Republican]

Welcome to the forum.

In answer to your question, the U.S. political system is basically sound.

Just some of the elements enjoyed in this democratic society:

Many constitutional rights and freedoms are enjoyed.

Free and open primaries, caucuses, and elections are held, for offices from the local level, the state level, to the federal level.

We have the freedom to choose from a slate of candidates, except in the rare occasions where a candidate may run unopposed.  But cases like that generally only occur when a party chooses not to oppose a very popular incumbent.

Many jurisdictions have a system of recall when the elected person warrants to be removed from their position.  Even the person who occupies the most powerful political position in the world, the President of the United States, can be removed from office if warranted through impeachment.

Nominations to the judiciary and various political offices are considered and voted upon by elected representatives.

The President, and Governors, have the power of veto.  That veto can be over ridden by the elected legislature or congress.

The federal system is actually very effective.  The Executive, the Legislative, the Judiciary, each have their own fields of jurisdiction, responsibility, and authority.

We all know that deals are made in government, and we all know that money plays a very large part in the workings of campaigns and government, but overall, the system works well, and has resulted in much legislation and many programs that work for the betterment of society as a whole. 

The positives in the U.S.  political system outweigh the negatives.