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In response to "third party! -- nm" by moles

What gets me is that your system should effectively work under a multi-party system. And yet, two parties are firmly entrenched.

Posted by Name Withheld by Request (aka BlueKopo) Oct 12 '11, 14:58

Our system is best utilized in a two-party system, yet we have a bad habit of electing a lot of fringy parties that do nothing but complicate the workings.

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nobody can build consensus within either of the two parties. not sure how splitting them into the "moderate" and "extreme" wings would make it better -- nm - moles Oct 12, 15:03 2
- at the very least we could stop pretending that Bernie Sanders and Ben Nelson share anything in common. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 15:06 1
  - true. but then to have a governing coalition in Congress, they'd presumably still have to work together -- nm - moles Oct 12, 15:07

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What gets me is that your system should effectively work under a multi-party system. And yet, two parties are firmly entrenched.

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