Imagine you're playing a game with your friends. At first, you all agree on the rules, but as the game goes on, some of your friends want to change the rules to make it easier for them. That's what happens in politics: political parties start out together, but they might switch sides if they think that will help them win more games (or elections).
Examples
- A group of friends decides to play a game together, but later they realize that playing differently might help them win.
- A class president promises the class a pizza party, but then forgets about it, so some students start thinking of voting for someone else next time.
- One person in a family changes their mind about who should get more allowance, just to make things fairer.
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See also
- Why Do Governments Change Leaders?
- How Can One Person Become the Leader of an Entire Country?
- Why Do Governments Change So Often?
- Why Do Politicians Always Argue About the Same Things?
- Why Do Politicians Always Agree on Paper but Fight in Real Life?