Bernie Sanders for President

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haha this thread went 10x better than I could have hoped for.

Kudos to the Canadian!!

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*Exploited furiously googling hoping for some link, ANY LINK, that can allow him to save face and pretend he didn't just get embarrassed*

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Saz, what on earth are you talking about? You're the one comparing this law to hard science laws. Being intelligent, I already know that absolute laws don't exist in the same sense as, say, Newtons second law.

Here is what you've argued: single-member districts that use FPTP will result in two party systems. Yet Canada also uses single-district FPTP systems, and has three parties. So what explains this difference between reality and theory? You've suggested something undefined about the parliamentary system making it so... What is that something bruh?

If you need me to talk slow, I will.

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[Dobby]

I definitely prefer the French system of run off voting for presidential elections next because it lessens the extent to which minor candidates could essentially ruin a more popular candidates campaign while still allowing the people to vote for who they want.

That being said it would be interesting to see the effect the minor parties had on the socialists not making the 2nd round of voting in 2002 behind the far right national front.

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You're hysterical dude. I've only used your own links to disprove you. There hasn't even been a need to Google anything, because you don't read what you post.

Yes it tends to lead to two-party systems... Except for when it doesn't, like in Singapore or Canada or Puero Rico, and to a limited degree, Great Britain. So obviously it is possible for third parties to be a success despite single member FPTP districting. So how is that done?

First and foremost, all those countries or territories have independent electoral commissions. This prevents gerrymandering. It also makes it possible for fair and equitable elections to be held, and ensures adequate campaign laws that don't favor the bigger parties. This is why the US can't have a third party, as it has in the past.

Of course you would know all this if you weren't an idiot.