Question

Political parties do not seem as meaning ful choice for the voters?

Answer 1

the competition between political parties does not allow a full chance as they use cheap tricks to get votes

Answer 2

As the electorate expanded, the political parties evolved to mobilize the growing mass of voters as the means of political control. ... In recent decades, increasing numbers of individual voters classify themselves as “independent,” and they are permitted to register to vote as such in many states.