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All systems lead to two party systems. Even countries with multiparty system, turn into two major parties with dozens of fringe parties. These fringe parties do
by akg_67 6y ago
All systems lead to two party systems. Even countries with multiparty system, turn into two major parties with dozens of fringe parties. These fringe parties do nothing more than splitting votes, forming coalition when one of the major party didn’t win majority typically creating unstable governments.
- gregplaysguitar 6y agoThe current New Zealand government is the first in 26 years of MMP where a party gained a majority alone. The previous was made up of 3 very different minority parties. In every other election, the largest has sought the support of smaller parties to govern. I can’t speak for other countries, but MMP has not lead to instability here.
- dcolkitt 6y ago> All systems lead to two party systems I don't think that's true at all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assembly_(Switzerland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assembly_(Switzerland)
- ianai 6y agoIt’s not true - it just seems inevitable when you’re within the 1 person, 1 vote and winner take all system of the US.
- NewOrderNow 6y agoIf you believe that someone voting for whom they believe in is splitting the vote, then you don't believe in democracy right? You are thinking like a marketing strategist it sounds like.
- stazz1 6y agoScore Voting where candidates are given a score 0-99 transcends bicameralism when averages are taken, similar to scores in the Olympics. And it is the superset of all voting methods.
- distances 6y agoParliament seat count for parties in Finland [0]: 40, 38, 38, 31, 20, 16, 10, 5, 1, 1 The 4th largest party with 31 seats was the largest one in the previous parliament. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland