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nadinbrzezinski

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7. Wrong answer, it is baked into the Constitution with the winner take all

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 01:34 PM

Jul 2015

if that is somehow changed to allow for proportional representation, for example, both major parties will break up into a few smaller parties. And smaller parties will have a better chance to get representatives. It actually would be good for the country at this point, imho, but that ain't gonna happen with the two major parties benefiting from this.

As long as the winner take all system is in place...

Experts in things like partisanship have suggested that we need to do that anyhow, because hyper partisanship has developed into a quasi parliamentary system which is not compatible with the American system and the source of a lot of our disfunction in DC now spreading to state houses.

Oh and this starts in the 1970s, not the 90s as I used to believe.

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Is this the begining [View all] silenttigersong Jul 2015 OP

We will look back on the summer of '15 with pride. randome Jul 2015 #1

No. Throughout our history minor parties have ... TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #2

Wrong answer, it is baked into the Constitution with the winner take all nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #7

It may be baked into the Constitution TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #9

It is baked nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #10

Other countries have cash and time limits on campaigning... TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #12

I actually understand why people chose not to vote nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #13

It's pretty well known why... TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #14

Well until government starts taking care of common folk... nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #15

I sure hope so, but it's unlikely. Maedhros Jul 2015 #3

A lot of people are worried that the GOP will go *POOF*. Rex Jul 2015 #4

Yes. Actually we're well into it's demise. They don't go easily. rock Jul 2015 #5

Unless there is a change in the US Constitutiton nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #6

This started in the early 1990s with the DLC. hifiguy Jul 2015 #8

Hopefully. It would be nice to have a democracy. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2015 #11