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Originally posted by CET
What you can DO is to STOP voting for either major party and vote for who you actually like, and try to convince those around you to do the same. The two party system spreads scare propoganda to keep us from voting 3rd party and we fuckin eat it up like a bunch of obedient sheep. Stop being a sheep and be a fuckin rebel! No one is "stealing" my vote, because they never had it in the first place and neither of them was going to get it anyway. So fuck all you people who are about to tell me "you're only giving your vote to the other guy." You people use flawed logic and you're scared little sheep. Say "Baaaaaaa".
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It's a good idea, but the application itself is flawed.
The rise of the 3rd party has happened before in American politics, but what happens is that the voting body that would normally vote, lets say all Democrat, now is voting 50% Democrat and 50% Green Party - they are both pretty similar though.
But the Republicans stay united with their 100%
Every election that year would be won by Republicans because the split would be 50% Repub, 25% Dem, 25% Green.
So the next year, the Greens and the Dems would pool their resources in order to get some like-minded people in office, and suddenly you are back to the two party system.
Look up the Bull Moose Party for a great example of why 3rd parties would never fly in this country under the current voting system.
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