I have always had some concerns on what America might end up looking like should we move away from the 2 party system. Why one might ask? I have always felt that the current model more or less forces moderating influences into our government. We know that extremists exist in both parties (and outside them) but generally those voices don…
I have always had some concerns on what America might end up looking like should we move away from the 2 party system. Why one might ask? I have always felt that the current model more or less forces moderating influences into our government. We know that extremists exist in both parties (and outside them) but generally those voices don’t end up controlling the major parties. If we diced up the electorate into 10 different parties we could find ourselves seeing the more crazy elements win plurality elections which is something I desperately wish to avoid.
I have always had some concerns on what America might end up looking like should we move away from the 2 party system. Why one might ask? I have always felt that the current model more or less forces moderating influences into our government. We know that extremists exist in both parties (and outside them) but generally those voices don’t end up controlling the major parties. If we diced up the electorate into 10 different parties we could find ourselves seeing the more crazy elements win plurality elections which is something I desperately wish to avoid.