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β | + | This girl is running for {{w|class president}}, but gets shouted down by Billy the Political Activist (or at least, he thinks he might become one some day). Someone on the Internet must have told Billy that all he has to know about politics is that America's two-party system is broken. Because we all know the problem with [http://cheezburger.com/4419432960 believing what you read on the Internet]. | |
The United States uses {{w|Plurality voting}}, where each voter may make one vote per office. In most democratic countries, this system tends to reinforce the top two political parties and marginalize smaller ones (such as the {{w|Bull Moose Party}}, which only lasted from 1912 to 1916) though this is greatly pronounced in the United States, where the Democratic and Republican parties have passed {{w|Third_party_(United_States)#Barriers_to_third_party_success|many barriers to entry}}, making things much more difficult for parties other than themselves to gain any traction. | The United States uses {{w|Plurality voting}}, where each voter may make one vote per office. In most democratic countries, this system tends to reinforce the top two political parties and marginalize smaller ones (such as the {{w|Bull Moose Party}}, which only lasted from 1912 to 1916) though this is greatly pronounced in the United States, where the Democratic and Republican parties have passed {{w|Third_party_(United_States)#Barriers_to_third_party_success|many barriers to entry}}, making things much more difficult for parties other than themselves to gain any traction. |