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Eh, third parties are plenty viable in the FPTP UK, Canada and India. It's just a feature of US politics that movements like the Tea Party or DSA decide to sha
by bobthepanda 5y ago
Eh, third parties are plenty viable in the FPTP UK, Canada and India.
It's just a feature of US politics that movements like the Tea Party or DSA decide to shake things within existing parties rather than launch new ones. Even the new ones that launch like the Working Families Party often just support two-party candidates.
- tacocataco 5y agoI'm not from the UK, but CGP grey is AFAIK. He has a short video called "Why the UK Election Results are the Worst in History" (2015). IMO, it seems like First Past the Post voting is the problem still. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r9rGX91rq5I https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r9rGX91rq5I