Do you think it's time for America to ditch the party system

[Redoubtable]

Politics is tribal; even if there were no official parties people would find out pretty quick who to side with. Most people who vote don't really care in depth about policy specifics, they vote more based on how the candidates make them feel. If you look at many past elections but this one in particular, many Trump voters didn't care about any policy specifics, it was about setting up your tent with the 'tribe' that was politically incorrect and represented more of an attitude (nationalist, anti-elitist, anti-Islam) than any actual specific policies. With Hillary I think you will find a similar phenomenon, pick 100 Hillary voters and I'd wager only a minority of the voters could articulate specific policy points that attracted them to her. These votes were also tribal in the sense that it was vote based on fear of what was perceived to be that scary tribe (Trump) and what it would do if it got into power in addition to the desire to see the first female president. I'd say only 20% (if that much) of voters make conscientious decisions based on what they actually know about the candidates, their own interests, and politics in general. 80% vote on pure tribal emotion with a facade of reasons for their choice.