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<blockquote data-quote="Andrewn" data-source="post: 75591269" data-attributes="member: 420774"><p>I agree with most of what you wrote but have 3 observations:</p><p></p><p>1) In the US, there are already more than 2 political parties. In addition to Biden and Trump, in the last presidential elections there were candidates of the Libertarian and the Green parties. Electing a smaller party candidate is really wasting your vote.</p><p></p><p>2) The first-past-the-post voting system used in most elections in the US, Canada, and the UK effectively results in a 2 major-party system, even though there exists other parties of different electoral sizes. In Germany and Scandinavia they use different voting systems.</p><p></p><p>3) The fact that there are only 2 major parties in the US does not mean there are only 2 political currents. For example, under Trump, the GOP moved from the center-right to the <strong>far-right</strong>. But both currents still exist in the party. Similarly, the Democratic Party has center-left and a far-left wings. Under Biden, the <strong>center-left</strong> wing is in control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrewn, post: 75591269, member: 420774"] I agree with most of what you wrote but have 3 observations: 1) In the US, there are already more than 2 political parties. In addition to Biden and Trump, in the last presidential elections there were candidates of the Libertarian and the Green parties. Electing a smaller party candidate is really wasting your vote. 2) The first-past-the-post voting system used in most elections in the US, Canada, and the UK effectively results in a 2 major-party system, even though there exists other parties of different electoral sizes. In Germany and Scandinavia they use different voting systems. 3) The fact that there are only 2 major parties in the US does not mean there are only 2 political currents. For example, under Trump, the GOP moved from the center-right to the [B]far-right[/B]. But both currents still exist in the party. Similarly, the Democratic Party has center-left and a far-left wings. Under Biden, the [B]center-left[/B] wing is in control. [/QUOTE]
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