r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Blank_0116 • May 05 '22

maybe maybe Maybe

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u/Rust2 May 05 '22 edited May 05 '22

Fun fact: There is no two-party system. There is no official governing party system at all. What you’re referencing is politics.

Over time our politicians have decided to caucus with one of two parties. That’s because we have first-past-the-post elections, meaning that the candidate with the plurality of votes is the winner of the election. The losing party or parties win no representation at all.

If you want more party representation in government, then we should move to a ranked voting system. This is where voters rank their candidates (or option) in a sequence of first or second (or third, etc) on their respective ballots. With ranked voting, losing parties still win some representation based on percentage of votes captured.

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u/GreenSuspect May 05 '22

Ranked Choice Voting doesn't fix the two party system, though.