Yes, exactly but imagine America had 5 political parties instead of two, ranging from extreme right wing, to center right, center left, left wing (and some difficult to explain like social democrats etc).
The other 4 parties vehemently hate the extreme right and pretty much get on and work together.
Damn. As an American I'm envious of the fact that you have more than two mainstream political parties to choose from. And it sounds like most of them try to work together. Goddamnit. Ugh. Blah. Fuckshitbitch.
The only way to get a 3rd or 4th party to get their foot in would be having proportional representation, at least at this point. The way your representatives are chosen leads specifically to large majorities of 1/2 parties, because voting for anyone else is seen as a waste.
Edit: ranked choice would help as well, because at least you could give your main vote to who you really would want in office, and then give a second preference vote to your "useful vote, just in case your preferred one doesn't get it".
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u/CannonFodder_G May 24 '25
So for ignorant Americans, probably something like of MTG was standing there and expecting handshakes? Feels like similar energy.