AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square382fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down1161
arrow-up1943arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square382fedilink
minus-squareHomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month agoMany countries with FPTP have multi-party systems, including Canada and the UK.
minus-squareArxCyberwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month 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 linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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-up4·1 month 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.