Would a Parliamentary system work better for the USA than the current system

[greenforest32]

It's not so much gridlock as it is incoherence. It's pretty rare to have a country elect the legislature every two years. Combine that with a presidential system where you have below average turn-out in mid-presidential-term elections and you get what we have. Add a healthy amount of corruption and billions of dollars of campaign spending every cycle and it's not surprising so many people (40-60% of the population) view the elections with contempt and abstain from voting.

We could definitely use some streamlining and simplification to make the choices more meaningful. Get rid of gerrymandering. Get rid of electoral laws that lead to a two party system. Add instant run-off voting and proportional representation. Automatically register every one to vote. Etc. But what are the chances of things like that happening? Very little. The system is working quite well for the people in power. It's frustrating.