The answer is the fragmented government. By providing office holders across the political system with common goals and interests, political parties’ assistance to overcome the problem of fragmented government created by the constitution. In addition, patronage was significant to political parties because it ensured an army of supporters and workers for elections. Without political parties, members of dissimilar branches of government, different houses of Congress or different levels of government would have no real reasons to cooperate with one another to articulate policy.
