How come we only get two choses for president?

Answer 1

There are more that two for you to pick from. A lot of times the Parties are too small for you to hear about them.
The Rep and Demo are the major parties, others do not have the money to get on the ballet, and other only get .01 percent of the votes, some None.

Answer 2

We get more than 2 choices for President. There are usually between 10 and 15 candidates listed on a presidential ballot. That is the short answer...this question begs a response to the idea that there are two main candidates, for which there is an entirely different explanation. The two part system is a function of moderation in voting, and rests on the underlying assumption that a candidate wants to win. To win an election, a candidate must obtain more votes than other candidates. Most voters hold moderate views, which forces political candidates to move towards the center of the policitical spectrum, where moderation reigns, in order to win. Each of the two major parties attempts to gain this middle ground. On the political spectrum, approximately 50% of the people (or voters) will be to the right or left of exactly center, and statistically 66% of all those voters will be mostly moderate. By moving towards the center, the major political parties are able to achieve victory more often. Since there are two major parties who try to claim the middle ground and slightly to the right or left, these two parties have power becasue they win. Since they have power, they are able to coopt other groups who have more extreme views into their party, which gains the major political party more power and coopts more votes. Thus, a major political party that is moderate can be a winner and keep power. Two is the number to which the system drives because people want some sort of choice, and two parties preserves choice, while still preserving a power structure as described above.

Answer 3

Depending on where you live you may get more than two choices, but only two have a realistic chance of winning. However America has fewer major parties than just about any other western democracy, and when neither candidate really appeals it would be better to have more than two choices.

Answer 4

How many would you like there to be. If there were more than two then we'd have a democracy instead of a representative republic and if youve ever had a question voted on here. You'd know how well democracy works. People dont vote, people dont inform themselves, so its better that they have one choice or the other. Deal with it.

Answer 5

That is why they have primary elections so as to narrow down the choices. Can you imagine going to vote on November 2ND and having 57 choices. You would be there all day.

Answer 6

the question was:
"How come we only get two choses for president?"

Maybe you can't handle more than that.

Answer 7

For all the people on here that think we only have 2 choices for presidents, please tell me your not old enough to vote. And if you are, I now have a better view on why our country is where it is today! SCARY

Answer 8

Yeah really! I think they should have a top ten and then we could open up the phone lines and vote... Simon, Randy, and Paula could give critiques on how they did after every speech.

Answer 9

i think we only get to choose two presidents because if we had more than two presidents two choose from it might be a hard dession for us.