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Currently we have two candidates, who are each more or less reviled by at least 50% of the population. Would it really be better to have three candidates, each

Currently we have two candidates, who are each more or less reviled by at least 50% of the population. Would it really be better to have three candidates, each of which was more or less reviled by 66% of the population? The truth is that Americans don't agree on many major issues, and that the major parties are a personification of this unhappy fact. Adding more parties doesn't help that. In fact, splitting the vote among more parties makes it likely that the elected official will represent the views of fewer of the total electorate!

krapp 10y ago
> In fact, splitting the vote among more parties makes it likely that the elected official will represent the views of fewer of the total electorate! The obvious answer to this is to dismantle the Federal system, devolve as much power as possible to the states, and perhaps abolish the office of President altogether. It would probably be a terrible idea on the one hand, but on the other hand, no more Presidential elections.