Who are you rpoting for, Harris and a complete global economic collapse and world war, or Trump ans the end of democracy in the USA? Choicea choices...

@wjmaggos

Im a huge supporter of RCV since it is simply a superior method. However the evidemce overwhelming ahows that FPTP voting (what we currently have) doesnt cause two party systems despite the myth. This is evidenced by the thousanda of elections aroubd the world that uae it without ahpwing a tendency for a two party system. Likewise we see in states with RCV it still maintains a twonparty dominance.

So as much as id love to see RCV sadly i dont think that ia the main problem. The problem ia just that americans are super gullible and actually are easily.manipulated i to beleiving there is a twonparty system ahen there isnt.

you're probably right that the voting system doesn't cause a two-party system, but it clearly entrenches the two-party system, preventing others parties from standing a chance because every (non-proportional) election is a polar choice between the two dominant parties
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@lxo

Then why do we see tons of examples of seemingly two party systems constantly switching their two primary parties in similar systems? Even in the usa the two main parties have been replacr with mew mainnparties 8 times.

"seemingly" is quite a give away that the polarization isn't perceived as permanent (god-given?) as it is in the usa. anyhow, entrenched doesn't mean impossible to replace, just harder. I wonder how much change replacing one two party system with another actually brought.
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