AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTrying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.message-squaremessage-square388fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down1161
arrow-up1932arrow-down1message-squareTrying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square388fedilink
minus-squareHomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·4 days agoMany countries with FPTP have multi-party systems, including Canada and the UK.
minus-squareArxCyberwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 days agoYet we still always have the Liberals or the Conservatives in power… the power always ends up consolidated anyway, at least here in Canada.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThat makes sense logically. At the end of the day people lead toward groups with shared views. A lot of the issue tend to be yes/no like answers which creates two parties
minus-squareMouseKeyboard@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoIndividual constituencies are still two party, it’s just not necessarily always the same two.
Many countries with FPTP have multi-party systems, including Canada and the UK.
Yet we still always have the Liberals or the Conservatives in power… the power always ends up consolidated anyway, at least here in Canada.
That makes sense logically. At the end of the day people lead toward groups with shared views. A lot of the issue tend to be yes/no like answers which creates two parties
Individual constituencies are still two party, it’s just not necessarily always the same two.