Many people in the US feel as though whoever they vote for won’t change anything in our society. This is one of the reasons that voter turnout has dropped so far in recent decades.   Many people believe this signifies the beginning of the end of our democracy. This belief in an inability for change is a sign that people have less faith in the potential of democracy. The main function of democracy is after all the fact that the public votes for who has the power, and when that fails then it is understandable that the people begin to lose faith in the system. Additionally, voters have become more and more polarized, voting for either the republican or democratic party are on completely opposite political spectrums of one another. We talked about in class about how the most liberal republican is still very much more conservative than the most conservative democrat, illustrating just how different the two parties are. Clearly these points can be interpreted as signifiers for the crash of democracy, however I don’t think they are. Although I agree that politics in America have certainly taken a few steps back in recent decades, I believe that they will always come back. Most, if not all, people in America can’t imagine a non-democratic society and wouldn’t even entertain thoughts of a different form of government. While our politics might be in a rough patch, I am strong believer in that they will bounce back.