Would the USA be Better off with 7 Major Political Parties?

GerOttman · 2022-09-12T15:44:52-04:00

Politics - Would the USA be Better off with 7 Major Political Parties? Someone brought up "RINO's"... (69 replies).

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Someone brought up "RINO's" (republicans in name only). This of course leads directly into DINO's, if you bring in the centrist factions of each, (the RIF's & DIF's..?) you could make four parties. This would absolutely open the door for the existing 3rd parties, Green and Gold. Add one spoiler and you could have a much more complex and dysfunctional federal government.

I believe this would be a benefit for all mankind!

Are two parties enough?

Are eight too many??

You decide!

DUN-DUN-DUnnnnnnnnn...

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Unless you get rid of first past the post voting there is no point in trying to create more parties. You need some kind of proportionality so that the parties that represent significant minorities or voters actually get some representation in government.

With first past the post you essentially force the system into two or three major parties and also allow for parties that get less than half the vote to have more than half the seats in parliament as often happens in the UK.