How would you expect the two party system to react to government surveillance? Through party favoritism of course.
Neither dominant party of our bipartisan system has chosen direct "side" in terms of government surveillance.
"With President Obama in the White House, Democrats stand in support of the NSA’s methods, 49% to 40% in the Gallup survey. Republicans were opposed 63% to 32%. When President George W. Bush was in office, Republicans were supportive of government surveillance efforts and Democrats opposed." (Source: http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/12/news/la-pn-republicans-democrats-nsa-poll-20130612)
To understand further how government surveillance is divided on party lines, check out these links!
"With President Obama in the White House, Democrats stand in support of the NSA’s methods, 49% to 40% in the Gallup survey. Republicans were opposed 63% to 32%. When President George W. Bush was in office, Republicans were supportive of government surveillance efforts and Democrats opposed." (Source: http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/12/news/la-pn-republicans-democrats-nsa-poll-20130612)
To understand further how government surveillance is divided on party lines, check out these links!
- http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/nsa-surveillance-divides-the-republican-party/283351/
- http://blogs.marketwatch.com/capitolreport/2013/06/11/democrats-republicans-switch-views-on-nsa-surveillance/
- https://www.thenation.com/article/guess-which-political-party-just-condemned-nsas-mass-surveillance-program/