On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 12:38 GMT, Hoyt Bailey penned: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monique Y. Herman" >> >> I tend to think that the reason you're okay with the right and the >> left taking turns is that, for the most part, the politicians on both >> sides are nothing but center. I'm sick of republicrats and >> democricans alike. >> >> -- monique "two-party systems suck" >> > We dont have a two party system. There is the green party, comunist > party, independent party and several others. The problem is only 1% > or so support them (All of them). Hoyt >
In theory, we have a multi-party system. In practice, voting for a "third-party" candidate is a wasted vote, because everyone "knows" that every vote cast outside of the Big Two is wasted, and so no one bothers. If we had a system in which we could vote more than once, for example by specifying a first, second, and third choice, maybe we would see some shake-up. I don't believe that the Big Two are so well-represented because people actually believe that they're any good. I believe they're well-represented because voters believe a vote for another party will simply reduce their chances of getting the "lesser evil" of the two. Me, I don't like the democratic party, but I'd rather see them in office than the republicans. Others feel the opposite. Either way, we're not going to vote for a third party candidate if we feel it's a wasted vote. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
