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In response to "Actually there’s a very strong argument that voting for either of them is part of the problem — they’re both the problem -- nm" by JackDawson

There’s room for 3 and 4 major parties, the problem is money.

Posted by Tim (aka othertim) Mar 26 '20, 07:23

There are a lot of people who are socially liberal but vote for Republicans because the think the Democrats will raise their taxes too much. There probably is room for a socially liberal/fiscally conservative party. The Democratic Party is essentially center-right compared to the rest of the world, there should be a party that’s truly on the left.

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not really. our type of system will always gravitate to a two-party alignment -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 26, 07:36 [youtube] 1
- We. Like. To party. - Spawn Mar 26, 07:54
I'm not sure it would work without ranked-choice voting. -- nm - mara Mar 26, 07:24 5
- It works pretty much everywhere. - Marlowe Mar 26, 07:37 3
  - Any parliamentary system is not comparable. -- nm - psilotum Mar 26, 08:00 2
    - I know. There are a few other presidential systems out there. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 26, 08:03 1
      - Mexico. But, jury out on whether it works -- nm - JackDawson Mar 26, 08:31
- It does. -- nm - Andie Mar 26, 07:35
Is "socially liberal/fiscally conservative" really 'left' though? -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 07:24 1
- It’s not, but it’d be to the left of the party that’s socially and fiscally conservative. -- nm - Tim Mar 26, 07:28

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There’s room for 3 and 4 major parties, the problem is money.

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