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The two party system is a direct result of the voting methods that are being used.
by manholio 4y ago
The two party system is a direct result of the voting methods that are being used.
- jabl 4y agoWell, the two-party system is a result of having single-winner districts. Countries with multi-winner districts tend to be the ones were many parties are viable.
- crowbahr 4y agoIn that the electoral college exists? Sure. In that if we did proportional voting different candidates would be elected? Probably. Then again somehow we managed to elect Eric Adams in NYC despite him being the worst option.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> we managed to elect Eric Adams in NYC despite him being the worst option “Worst” as in favoured by every borough except the Manhattan political elite, with “Garcia’s support [being] strongly correlated with median household income…she topped 40 percent in each of the city’s five wealthiest Assembly districts” [1]. (Disclaimer: I probably align with the Manhattan political elite.) [1] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-eric-adams-won-the-new-york-city-mayoral-primary/amp/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-eric-adams-won-the-...