12-05-2017, 04:24 PM
rz wrote:
Was too young to vote then. I really wish we had a viable third party in this country.
That's essentially what parliamentary systems get you. Don't want to move this to the other side, but sometimes that can get you what you don't want. Two parties on the left could split the vote and give wins to a party on the right, or two parties on the right could to the same for the left. It can also make it hard to govern - see places like Italy. But it can be argued that it allows for more voices to be represented.
While we aren't there now, one of the strengths of the American system has traditionally been that it pushes people toward the center.