• DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nl
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    4 months ago

    As a European I always wonder why Americans don’t create an alternative party to the Democrats

    A third party has no chance in a first past the post system. If you create an alternative party to the Democrats, you’re just making sure the Republicans win every election.

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      4 months ago

      The British have a first past the post system and more than two parties, something else is wrong in that equation

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        4 months ago

        When was the last time the Prime Minister of the UK was not a Tory or from Labor?

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          In 2010 they had a coalition government made up of Torys and Liberals, in Great Britain the executive power is not just the Prime Minister, it is the entire Council of Ministers and it was not made up only of Torys. Obviously a coalition government is not possible in the American system, but a third party being influential in the cameras is and I still don’t see because it is impossible