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> The US will probably get better outcomes with a multi-party system, but moving to one will not change the tone of political conversation. (Which is what this
by smaddox 5y ago
> The US will probably get better outcomes with a multi-party system, but moving to one will not change the tone of political conversation. (Which is what this thread is about.)
I believe it could and would. There will always be extremists, but the current outsized focus on them is driven, in part, by their effectiveness in our two-party Plurality Voting system. In a system where the best compromise candidate is regularly elected, I believe the public discourse would differ.