There many and diverse political parties in Arendale. Most party memberships consists primarily of political figures and leaders, with little or no grassroots membership. Arendale has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments for political expediency and convenience. Since no political parties have sustaining membership to which party leaders are developed, most of the political parties have the rise-and-fall-and-rise character.