Comment on Why is a two-party system considered democratic?
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks agoI think rank choice will result in third party but it will take some time. Our republic system does make it slower though compared to parliamentary systems.
vvilld@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I appreciate your optimism, but I do not share it and have seen no evidence to support it.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I mean maine is the only state with possibly enough time to possibly have any effect. Remember that the senate only turns over every 6 years for a position. They have two senators and two reps and one is independent, but that was the case before. What we see there is incumbents continuing to win but given their reps I don't see this as surprising. It will make a bigger difference when its more contested. If it came to illinois it would give duckworth difficulties because of her military and security voting. Honestly given our executive ignoring the courts im not sure if its going to matter much unless we get back to a somewhat working system in general.
vvilld@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Completely agree on that last point. I don’t really expect we’ll see completely fair and open elections in this country for a while, if ever again.