2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: IF the polls in Utah say Trump then McMullin then Hill, should Democrat voters vote for McMullin? [View all]Hekate
(90,901 posts)...in how you think it works here if you imagine we can create some coalition of small parties in the House or Senate when this is over. The majority rules, and all committee chairs are appointed by the majority party. Hence the power base is and always will be with the parties that can garner the majority of votes in a given election.
The President is being chosen in this election, and the President cannot get very damned much accomplished if the Congress is being run by the opposition party. That's what went wrong with Obama's presidency. He really tried to work with him and they weren't having any of it.
I am only spending time on this reply because you stated that you live in Europe, and you may not understand how the US is structured under the Constitution.