.... am getting sick of haveing two choices for the person who runs this entire country. i have historically voted for third parties so that perhaps some day we WILL have more than two lousy choices. Seeing how i live in NY i will probably again be voting for a third party. last time i checked, one reason the US was so great was choice.
I agree, a two party system is a deadlocked system.. How many times have good ideas been shot down, becuase the "other party" came up with it, only to have a similar bill voted in by the other party.. at least 3 partys could make it very difficult for a single party to hold the majority in congress, and laws will have to be passed that are good..
In local and state elections, I always vote for a candidate (if there is one) that is independant, or some other party...
Only if you have majoirty rules voting. The US is the only one who does. Which is unfortunate- its mathematicly provable the worst system.
A simple replacement would be a runoff- if no party gets 51%, then the top two candidates have an election between them- in this case E and the higher of B or D. Since there's only 2, one of these must get the majority of votes, and we end up with a more accurate choice for the winner. There's even better systems, such as concordiat, but those are harder to explain quickly.
Well i for one (Score:1)
Re:Well i for one (Score:3, Interesting)
In local and state elections, I always vote for a candidate (if there is one) that is independant, or some other party...
The more parties, the less democratic (Score:2)
Party A gets 15% of the vote
Party B gets 20% of the vote
Party C gets 15% of the vote
Party D gets 20% of the vote
Party E gets 30% of the vote
Combined, Parties A through D have 70% of the total vote. But it's party E who wins because it has 30% of the total vote.
Re:The more parties, the less democratic (Score:3, Insightful)
A simple replacement would be a runoff- if no party gets 51%, then the top two candidates have an election between them- in this case E and the higher of B or D. Since there's only 2, one of these must get the majority of votes, and we end up with a more accurate choice for the winner. There's even better systems, such as concordiat, but those are harder to explain quickly.