3 ms·
If UK has FPTP, why isn't it a two-party system? I thought Duverger's Law means that its third party would die out to be more like the Green or Libertarian part
by tunesmith 6y ago
If UK has FPTP, why isn't it a two-party system? I thought Duverger's Law means that its third party would die out to be more like the Green or Libertarian party in the US.
- n4r9 6y agoAccording to this article, the US is actually one of the only countries in which that law holds: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/duvergers-law-dead-parrot-dunleavy/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/duvergers-law-dead... I can't put my finger on it but there's something about US culture that leads to sharp polarisation in social, racial, religious and political spheres.