In about six double-space, typed pages, develop an essay in which you answer the following: “The emergence russian school of a politics focused on individual candidates and their candidacies rather then their political parties is an essential truth about American politics in the last half-century. First, concisely discuss the factors that brought this change about. Then, imagine a 2008 American election cycle in which politics were “party-centered” rather than “candidate-centered”. Flesh out three of four specific ways, using clear examples, in which the politics experienced by Americans would be different. Would this fictional party-centered political system create a “healthier” democracy? Why or why not?” Looking in the past on the political parties and elections in Unites States we can observe the huge change in the parties and individual candidates role. It has started with the elections of 1896, which we can call political realignment. Those elections are significant because of using for the first time populist ideology by Democrat candidate – William Bryan, and modern campaign techiniques used by Republican William McKinley. Elections of 1896 are significant in the election history because they started the transition period from party-centered system into candidate-centered system.