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Parties are not the cause, they are the result. A first-past-the-post system like ours will always tend towards a two party system.
by mmanfrin 14y ago
Parties are not the cause, they are the result. A first-past-the-post system like ours will always tend towards a two party system.
- Wilduck 14y agoExactly. This is known as Duverger's Law. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duvergers_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duvergers_law
- baddox 14y agoIt's worth nothing that this isn't necessarily a bad thing, depending on who you are. By that, I mean that if you're part of government, it's a very good thing, since fewer parties generally means more government stability. Of course, that's quite likely to be bad for the general population.