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Originally Posted by Soupe du jour
The US currently has a two political party system. Only two choices to pick between. Though there are other parties, and even should be more, a third (or other) political party candidate doesn't stand a chance in **** of getting elected in the US. The system is set up to maintain that, unlike in most Europen countries. When a third party is voted for in a US presidential election, the candidate and their voters are deeply criticized. It's rather undemocratic, in a way. There's also the flawed electoral college system and geremandering, and more. Perhaps systems unfamiliar to many in Europe. Also, all US states get the same amount of senate representation, regardless of population and/or taxes paid by residents. This can ultimately give the minority party more power than the majority one, squashing more progressive proposals and implementing less popular ones.
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I've long thought a parliamentary system is superior to our system. In Germany there are 6 major political parties, and these parties almost always form coalition governments. The need to compromise is built into their system.
Here, however, our parties are deadlocked & the ability to compromise is dead. It wasn't always like thet, however. Republicans & Democrats were once able to reach across the aisle to reach compromises. Personally, I dislike both Trump and Biden, but I will have no other choice than to vote for Biden. While there been talk about launching a third party (Joe Manchin hasn't ruled it out), it would simply drain support from the Democrats. Trump should probably check our site out because he is a stark, raving sociopath!
I'm sorry to write about politics because things are so polarized now. Please don't hate me because I'm a Democrat. There are probably folks who hate me already, as I've posted regretable things in the past!