Most European democracies have several political parties.
They use something called proportional representation. Instead of electing candidates by district, voters pick a party they like, and seats are alloted according to how much votes each party receives. This reduces the power of the establishment parties and gives smaller parties a voice.
Do you think such a system is good for America? Would it not be an incentive for more people to vote if their votes actually counted?
2007-08-02 07:47:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
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2007-08-02 07:52:55 · answer #1 · answered by Conan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Two parties forces a majority. If you had 10 parties, then someone with 12% can win an election. That would leave 88% of the people voting for someone else. Also I am not concerned with what Europe does or is doing. The Europeans are some of the last people we should be taking lessons from. The European Union alone is one of the most destructive bloated bureaucracies in the world.
2007-08-02 14:53:35 · answer #2 · answered by - 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, its not enough, its part of the problem
Dems and Republicans imho are both on the same team ... the 'stay in power at all costs' team ... and they want us to stay stupid are argue about which one of them is 'the lesser of two evils'
more than anything I would like to see the american people vote for and legitimize a 3rd or 4th party candidate ... in my mind its the only way to gain campaign reform and evoke any real change for the greater good ... as long as one of the two 'fat cats' are running the show we will get more of the same
2007-08-02 15:04:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
two too many. Just my opinion.
I get your point though. The political system would work better if there were 3 or more major parties so their would be less possibility of one having all the power or simply resisting the other to block all progress.
2007-08-02 14:51:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having many smaller political parties is MUCH better than two dominant parties.
With the two-party disaster in the US, one party achieves dominance, and ignores what everyone else wants -- and they flip-flop between which of the two does this.
In a multi-party system, they must work together to accomplish anything, since no one party has a majority.
2007-08-02 14:51:23 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
it stuns me that the US has only two parties. Seems very strange to believe that all views in the political spectrum in a population as large as yours could be adequately represented by only 2 parties.
2007-08-02 14:57:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think I want to be like Europe
2007-08-02 14:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋