.... 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...
Yes. That's right. And so what? Right now if Party A (the Republicans) get 49% of the vote in a state, and Party B (the Democrats) gets 45% of the vote in a state, and Party C (say, the Greens) gets 6% of the vote, party A wins, despite that Party C and Party B have a combined vote of 51%. Please tell me how this is different from your scenario, except that other parties have more than "no chance in hell" to win an election?
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:2)