Free Political Associations in Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America".

Alexis de Tocqueville holds political associations, an important part of any political party, responsible for many of the decisions that they make. Political associations undoubtedly influence parties in a multitude of ways. The long arm of many political associations reaches to alter or remove current legislation, and sometimes works to pass new legislation. More often than not, political associations are successful in achieving the lofty goals such as these. One such association, which is no …

…public security," which most people cannot recognize (p. 181). It is amazing to see that even though Tocqueville made all these prepositions over 200 years ago, most of his observations are still applicable to how political associations affect us now. The National Rifle Association, as well as several hundred other free political associations, uses constitutional power and rights to impose their will on America in the same manner today as they did when Tocqueville came to America.