In the article "Political Stability of Two-Party and Multi-Party Systems", by Midlarsky, the author compares the differences in stability between governments using a two-party and multi-party system partisanship compared to governments that use a multi-party system. The author focuses first on how the two-party American government system, with its ups and downs, has remained strong through wars and depressions. The reason America is so stable is because the parties control the entire government leaving little room for change from normal standards. When dealing with one-party systems the same concept applies: a large amount of power to one group does not lead to any disruption of government. In multiparty systems some have relatively stable government, but most cannot compare to the longevity of the American bureaucracy and other two-party systems (Midlarsky). So, although multi-party systems are believed to have greater voting freedom, as they have a wider selection of candidates, the robustness of these systems is their main disadvantage. A nation's priority is to keep its government up and running, but the costs of having only one or two parties means voting is restricted