Agreed, the trick is getting a third party without having it just hand 90% of the power to one. Our current system means splitting the vote screws over the party closest to the third party.
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The last legit 3rd party presidential run was 1992 with Bush, Clinton, and Perot. Perot siphoned enough votes from Bush to give Clinton the election, starting a long trend that continues to this day.
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Australia has 8 and it may as well be 1.
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Are there people arguing that the 2 party system is essential? I always thought it was a known awful aspect of our government.
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The American 2 party system has survived because the parties themselves evolve. Potential 3rd parties are absorbed into their closest philosophical major party and the major evolves.
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Christian monarchy sounds good
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Has anyone ever analysed the real differences between all these parties? It might be feasible for a one party state to have more diversity of opinion than a nine party state.
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I wonder how many of those major parties want to limit the size of the federal government (in a meaningful way). The LP platform, if enacted, would radically change America - and other countries having multiple parties is irrelevant here because those parties are anti-liberty.
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I think it's interesting how other countries form coalition governments....
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Italy has 8 thousands
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