What do you think about abolishing political parties?

[Stevicus]

In the United States it's already like that, I mean... kind of...
There are two parties which are pretty similar to one another...

With no exaggeration, in Europe people have always voted for the parties. Not for the people.

I recall my aunt saying: I will always votes for the Partito Socialista, I don't care who its leader is.

I grew up in a politically mixed family. My father and his side of the family always voted Republican. My mother and her side of the family always voted Democratic. I don't discuss my political views with anyone in my family anymore.

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

I was just mulling over this idea, and I thought I'd throw it out there to see where it bounces. Just thinking out loud, as it were.

Of course, I'm not proposing that the right to free association be removed, but just removing any kind of official government standing. There would be no party affiliations listed on the ballots, and the method of choosing candidates would be through a general primary with only a list of names - no party affiliation. The top few candidates would then go on to the general election. (I can't decide how many, but I'm thinking it should be more than two.) Needless to say, it would also mean that there would be no "majority" or "minority" leaders in Congress. At least from a governmental standpoint, politicians' party affiliations would be a private matter, viewed no differently than their religious affiliations.

So, theoretically, political "parties" would still exist, but they would not be recognized in any official capacity.

What do you think?

Well, I will answer as if there is more countries in the world than the USA from which you can learn.

The first thing to notice is that I don't even have to go beyond the USA to find a fix for the effect of the general current way gerrymandering and first past the post function as to the effect of 2 tribal parties both in primaries and the general election.
Keep gerrymandering for all you like and the current effect of limiting the number of members of the house of representatives.
Go for the Alaska solution and vote tactical where ever you are as to get a representative at the state level that allows for the Alaska model both on state and federal level for your state.