2026-01-18 18:53 UTC
@theblackpage@mstdn.social The so-called two-party system in the US technically isn't: There are actually a dozen or so parties with multi-state ballot access, though only 3 have majority ballot access, and only 2 have UNIVERSAL access. But it's also an accident. There were no parties in our first national election, and there were several competing ones up until only about a century ago. The 2 majors are 'umbrella' parties, having both absorbed other, smaller parties, which is why they have factions.
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@wesdym@mastodon.social 2026-01-18 18:55
@theblackpage@mstdn.social 2/ In my mind, the larger problem -- and the main driver of the 2-party domination -- is our 'first past the post' or 'winner-take-all' system, in which whomever wins majority wins 100% of the take: A candidate who wins 51% of the vote is the same as them taking 100% of it. Some kind of PROPORTIONAL system, such as ranked voting, might produce much better results.