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John Boehner Speaker of the House

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Quote:3rd parties don't stand a chance because all they end up doing is drawing support away from one of the other two parties, mostly the party they have the most in common with. If the Tea Party were ever to separate from the GOP the Democrats would end up in power because the conservative vote would be split.

 

The American political system as it is now will always tend towards a certain mathematically ideal situation which is two parties that promote themselves as opposites but are in reality pretty much the same. 
 

I'll add that the problem could be fixed with ranked choice (instant runoff) voting or a parliamentary system like the EU has where parties are elected and assigned a number of seats according to their percentage of votes.

 

That idea terrifies the incumbent parties.

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John Boehner Speaker of the House - by EricC85 - 01-06-2015, 04:55 PM
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