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But that's what most people want. If they didn't want it, they wouldn't keep voting for the same two parties or not bothering to vote. Why not just accept that

But that's what most people want. If they didn't want it, they wouldn't keep voting for the same two parties or not bothering to vote. Why not just accept that the majority likes it that way, even if you feel it gives bad results? I guess I'm making the assumption that democracy has the goal of giving people what they want. Whereas perhaps a more noble goal would be giving people what will benefit them. People are notoriously irrational at deciding what will benefit them though, so who could possibly make those decisions?

fulafel 11y ago
http://www.gallup.com/poll/185891/majority-maintain-need-third-major-party.aspx?version=print http://www.gallup.com/poll/185891/majority-maintain-need-thi... > A majority of Americans, 60%, say a third major political party is needed because the Republican and Democratic parties "do such a poor job" of representing the American people. (September 25, 2015) In a FPTP system you cannot really deduce what people wanted from the voting results, as the system very strongly encourages tactical voting. (and in this instance also because of Duverger's law)