Leadership Concept Political Science Discussion

1) You choose a concept and post an original thread which thoroughly explains the concept in a way that others can understand the ideas you are laying out.

2) You must respond to 2 other posts from other students on different topics than the one that you used in your post. Your responses must always be respectful. The goal of your response is to restate the things you thought were most important from the concept they discussed and to elaborate on anything that might have been missed (if anything) in their explanation or that you felt was particularly relevant to the concept.
Choose 1 option below:

Option 1: Political Parties Describe how people develop their political values and the differences in liberal and conservative ideologies as well as the causes and effects of partisan polarization in our society. Explain the functions of political parties in our system as well as their permanent and temporary structures and their functions. Answer the question about the challenges that the Republican Party faces in its future in the changes in society as well as from within. Include a brief evaluation of how Texas became a Republican state. Conclude your discussion with a discussion about why we have a two party system in Texas and the United States and the formal and informal factors that prevent third parties from achieving any meaningful success.