Should Howard Dean return as Chairman?

[Selatius]

41. It is very difficult to have third parties in our form of government.

Mathematically speaking, running a third party in our system more often than not results in a spoiler effect. This is a phenomenon called Duverger's Law, and it's seen in systems that use "first member district plurality" voting systems.

India is another country that uses the same voting method; however, they are able to have multiple parties in their government because there are very strong regional parties. The Dems and Repubs in the United States are national parties. The United States never developed a tradition of having regional parties. However, it is possible to replace one of the two viable parties with a new party if the previous party is weakened enough, and this has happened in US history.