This arrangement has impacted the policy making process because some people in the United States have their favorable party and they do not want the opposing party to take more control. Many want their party to take more control and hope that it passes laws that they want. For example, when President Obama was president, he passed the Affordable Care Act which was what the Democrats supported but not the Republicans in the House of Representatives. This is a divided government because not all people want the same thing. Divided government gives more centrist ideas and it is known that the public like having a divided government because they know that at least one of their party has some control of the government. This has affected the policy making process many times in the past years. Divided government has been advantageous to the policy making process because it gives both parties to share power which cre
ates a motive to agree. This makes them having to meet in the middle which can help the policy to be in the middle and find a reasonable solution. It helps produce a sustainable bipartisanship between both parties and come together instead of bumping heads with one another. Without a divided government or having both parties have their share in deciding about laws, we would have one party deciding everything in their favor only. The divided government stops this from happening, and allows more fairness. Although it is advantageous in this way, it takes longer for bills to be passed. Bills take longer to be passed because Democrats and Republicans must reach some sort of compromise in order to make laws, and both parties already have a hard time coming to a compromise over politics, so this is a lengthy process. So yes, divided government can have its advantages, but of course there are disadvantages as well.