Why the 2-party system?

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  • M_M
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    • May 2004
    • 1167

    #1

    Why the 2-party system?

    Can some intelligent person explain why US has to keep going back and forth between 2 parties, while many other countries (republics) don't?
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  • Kel
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    • Mar 2003
    • 591

    #2
    Originally posted by M_M
    Can some intelligent person explain why US has to keep going back and forth between 2 parties, while many other countries (republics) don't?
    I'm sorry, please name for me some democracies that do not contain multiple political party systems.
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    • nofx
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Nov 2002
      • 16826

      #3
      two parties with the most money.

      Often times I wonder why
      There's love and hate, theres live or die.
      When sickness comes I must decide:
      When feelings go, theres suicide.

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      • BlingDaddy
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        • Apr 2004
        • 6343

        #4
        Originally posted by M_M
        Can some intelligent person explain why US has to keep going back and forth between 2 parties, while many other countries (republics) don't?
        I got my "sample ballot" in the mail. There are like 13 parties running for the offices of P and VP. It's about campaign funding. I'd never even heard of the other 11 foolios.
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        • goBigtime
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          • Nov 2002
          • 7761

          #5
          Monopoly posing as a duopoly posing as a democracy.

          If it wasn't, then you would have saw televised debates with everyone who got enough support to be on the ballots in more than XX states (ie... Nader, Badnarik, Cobb etc.)

          What a fucking scam.
          Last edited by goBigtime; 10-21-2004, 11:44 AM.

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          • M_M
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            • May 2004
            • 1167

            #6
            Originally posted by Kel
            I'm sorry, please name for me some democracies that do not contain multiple political party systems.
            You got me wrong.

            What I meant is, in other countries, there are more than 2 major parties involved in elections.
            Usually no single party wins the majority vote, and they need to build coalitions to form governments.
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            • M_M
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              • May 2004
              • 1167

              #7
              Originally posted by BlingDaddy
              I got my "sample ballot" in the mail. There are like 13 parties running for the offices of P and VP. It's about campaign funding. I'd never even heard of the other 11 foolios.

              Yes, I'm trying to understand why that happens in the US, while in many other countries, at least 4-5 parties would get more than 5% of the vote.

              What's different here?
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              • goBigtime
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                • Nov 2002
                • 7761

                #8
                Originally posted by M_M

                Usually no single party wins the majority vote, and they need to build coalitions to form governments.
                Exactly...

                www.approvalvoting.org would be a nice and welcome change here.

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                • Kel
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                  • Mar 2003
                  • 591

                  #9
                  Originally posted by M_M
                  You got me wrong.

                  What I meant is, in other countries, there are more than 2 major parties involved in elections.
                  Usually no single party wins the majority vote, and they need to build coalitions to form governments.
                  Ah I see - yes, more or less what nofx said - these two parties are so well established that it's damned near impossible for another party to move in aside them right now. So our choices are limited and we are forced to vote for lesser of two evils.
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                  • goBigtime
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                    • Nov 2002
                    • 7761

                    #10
                    Originally posted by BlingDaddy
                    I got my "sample ballot" in the mail. There are like 13 parties running for the offices of P and VP. It's about campaign funding. I'd never even heard of the other 11 foolios.

                    It's not about campaign funding.

                    Perot had plenty of money & they still didn't let his ass in the debates with Bush and Clinton.

                    It's about controlling the elections and the issues discussed.

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