return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoWake-up Call: Democrats could easily lose the White House and Senate next yearwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkWake-up Call: Democrats could easily lose the White House and Senate next yearwww.businessinsider.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarefiah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agothat’s almost the worst thing you can do in a two party system, short of not voting at all. It sucks that the system only really allows two parties but throwing away your vote on a third party is not the way to fix it
minus-squarePizzaMan@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_splitting Our election system is inherently biased against 3rd party candidates. So we’re stuck with two parties. And money’s involvement in politics just exacerbates everything.
that’s almost the worst thing you can do in a two party system, short of not voting at all. It sucks that the system only really allows two parties but throwing away your vote on a third party is not the way to fix it
Why it is a two party system?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_splitting
Our election system is inherently biased against 3rd party candidates. So we’re stuck with two parties.
And money’s involvement in politics just exacerbates everything.