As it stands now, the GOP in the US has an extreme advantage.
They appeal to stupid and egocentric and racist people, the dems do that as well, but to a lesser extent.
This means that with a system using FPTP, any division on one side will benefit the other, and since the dem voters are more open to alternatives than the other side, it means that any small uncoordinated movement toward other parties other than the dems, will benefit the GOP.
Both current parties would loose influence if FPTP was scrapped in the US.
The one peaceful way out of the current two party system, is coordinated voting, a third party needs to actually win districts over the other two parties, preferably a majority of them. This would open up opportunities to push for reform in the voting system getting rid of FPTP.
Which in turn would enable better representation, paving the way for new reforms, and actual change.
The entire reform nonsense has never worked. Liberals have talked reform for over 100 years and all that’s happened is their continual shift to be right.
As it stands now, the GOP in the US has an extreme advantage.
They appeal to stupid and egocentric and racist people, the dems do that as well, but to a lesser extent.
This means that with a system using FPTP, any division on one side will benefit the other, and since the dem voters are more open to alternatives than the other side, it means that any small uncoordinated movement toward other parties other than the dems, will benefit the GOP.
Both current parties would loose influence if FPTP was scrapped in the US.
The one peaceful way out of the current two party system, is coordinated voting, a third party needs to actually win districts over the other two parties, preferably a majority of them. This would open up opportunities to push for reform in the voting system getting rid of FPTP.
Which in turn would enable better representation, paving the way for new reforms, and actual change.
The entire reform nonsense has never worked. Liberals have talked reform for over 100 years and all that’s happened is their continual shift to be right.
That is my feeling as well.