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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
Let's imagine a 3-party system. Party A can get 45% of the vote, Party B another 45% while Party C can only get 10% of the vote. Which party is the most powerful in this system? Party C, because it casts the swing vote and any party hoping to win has to give it what it wants.
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A) That scenario assumes that party "C" has no convictions and sells its votes.
B) That's no different from what we have, now. If we have such great balance, everything is still decided by the "swing" of someone from one party voting with the other side.
I don't believe your scenario is accurate. It's the same number of representatives, no matter how many parties, just with more ideas being represented. Even if that 10% becomes the swing vote, so what? As long as they vote in the interest of the people who put them there, they are doing their jobs. Right now, there are millions of people who are only marginally represented by the rigid Republican and Democratic platforms.
SpaceAce