General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: How should the constitution be fixed? [View all]meadowlander
(4,413 posts)is the system used by the two healthiest and least corrupt democracies operating today (Germany and New Zealand).
You vote for the MP in your district, but then you also vote for a party. A certain percentage of the MPs are directly elected and then "list" MPs drawn up by the party fill out the remainder of the seats until the percentages match the party vote.
This makes it easier for smaller parties to get seats and requires coalition building in order to get to a majority. It puts a lot more of the focus on issues instead of "teams" and cults of personality.
The two party system (which isn't even in the Constitution) is the problem. It holds progressives back because moderate Democrats know they can ignore them and still get their votes and it drives Republicans further and further to the right trying to hang on to the Evangelicals, white nationalists and the rest of the lunatic fringe.
It's way past time that the US had at least six parties - Socialist, Green, Moderate Dem/Centrist, Libertarians, Fiscal Conservatives, and Christo-fascists. A coalition of three or four parties from the first five would be able to stay in power providing reasonably continuity and get actual work done.