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In reply to the discussion: Does the two-Party system help or hurt our country ?? [View all]Selatius
(20,441 posts)If we wanted a reform to institute publicly funded elections in order to get the special interests out of Congress, that'll likely take a constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds of the House and Senate and three-quarters of all state legislatures approving.
If we wanted a reform to transition to a multi-party system, such as requiring winning an election by majority vote as opposed to simple plurality, you would have to go through all 50 states and change the laws requiring that they hold an election in that fashion or pass a constitutional amendment overriding all 50 state laws and requiring such a change.
The problem is that rich interests are so heavily invested in the current power structure that convincing all those politicians to vote against the people who basically finance their political campaigns is truly a frighteningly formidable task. I would say it is next to impossible, unless you had 50 billion to spend on them all.