▲ 104 ▼ Republicans and Democrats in Secret Talks to Create a Third Party (www.thedailybeast.com) submitted 1 year ago by Redditsux@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments archive article: https://archive.ph/fHWe3
[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah I'm down for anything that breaks up the duopoly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) This won't do it. The plurality system (often called "first past the post") inherently and inevitably leads to 2 parties. Whenever a third is introduced successfully, it quickly eliminates one of the previous parties. Breaking up the supply duopoly requires a change in voting method, such as Ranked Choice or Approval methods. Those allow a third party without acting as a spoiler. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OneSpectra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago There is a proportional ranked choice voting system called STV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) This won't do it. The plurality system (often called "first past the post") inherently and inevitably leads to 2 parties. Whenever a third is introduced successfully, it quickly eliminates one of the previous parties. Breaking up the supply duopoly requires a change in voting method, such as Ranked Choice or Approval methods. Those allow a third party without acting as a spoiler. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OneSpectra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago There is a proportional ranked choice voting system called STV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OneSpectra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago There is a proportional ranked choice voting system called STV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote permalink fedilink source parent