Question

The two-party system has worked in the united states, but not in europe, because ______.

a. americans are more aggressive and less deferential
b. fewer americans want to participate in party activities
c. americans agree on enough issues to form broad coalitions
d. americans are more economically conservative than europeans
e. europeans are less ideological than americans

Answer 1

Choice (e) is the most correct. Europeans, in general, are more pragmatic than Americans. They tend to see the shades of grey of an issue and can be moved to look at more sides of an issue than Americans, who tend to be immovable in their positions once they do form an opinion.