The reason Republicans and Democrats win all the time is partly because the US generally doesn't have ranked choice voting when it comes to something like presi

The reason Republicans and Democrats win all the time is partly because the US generally doesn't have ranked choice voting when it comes to something like presidential elections [0]. People are afraid of voting for a third party because it is unlikely they would win, so they vote as if betting or hedging, choosing the least bad and yet still likely to win against the worse option. With ranked choice voting, voters could choose their preferred candidate first, and their backup second, and this would introduce some dynamism into the political system. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_Un... EDIT: Rated voting seems even better [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rated_voting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rated_voting