Genuine question. I feel like there’s too much division and that people should find common ground. I really don’t like the two-party system in the US either.
Political parties are inevitable with fptp elections. It will always come down to 2 candidates. Any 3rd candidate will only split the vote with whoever is most similar. People tend to naturally organize themselves into groups based on who they agree with most. I don’t know if its possible to get rid of political parties all together but having more than 2 would be an improvement. The only way to do that is to change our elections. Either ranked-choice voting or runoffs when no one gets more than half the votes could allow for people to vote 3rd party without throwing away their votes.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
George Washington didn’t want political parties either. So whatever you are it’s patriotic af.
Pechente@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I think parties are fine but a multi party system usually works much better since parties will have to make coalitions and will usually shit on each other a bit less.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
GW specifically didn’t want the US to devolve into a 2-party system.
IMO single party or multi party system can both result in a functional representative democracy.