> I mean, if you think we (the US) have a severely polarized party alignment, Oh! I absolutely don't think that. The two parties in a two-party system (US; UK

> I mean, if you think we (the US) have a severely polarized party alignment, Oh! I absolutely don't think that. The two parties in a two-party system (US; UK normally) are often poorly distinguished, straddling two sides of a dividing line but essentially at the same point. This is even worse for the franchise as voters don't have a real choice at all: just the illusion of one.