Party or country?

[GMDino]

(07-16-2017, 02:21 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: That is .... I often wonder if multiple parties would be a good thing.   Trump winning shows that if you can get the early free coverage by the media then you can run a streamlined campaign.

Except he got that by having already been int he spotlight for 30 years via his tabloid romances and successful ( and failed) businesses.

No matter how much he is exaggerating his wealth...he is still very wealthy.  And that is still the key to it unfortunately.

[Belsnickel]

(07-16-2017, 10:29 AM)xxlt Wrote: Was his first name Murphy?

Close. Maurice.

[xxlt]

(07-16-2017, 11:02 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Close. Maurice.

Oh, that Joker! Some people call him the Space Cowboy, some call him the Gangster of Love.

[SunsetBengal]

(07-16-2017, 07:23 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: We have a two party system because of Duverger's Law.

Ok, I had to look that term up.  Now I have to ask, do we have a two party system because of Duverger's Law, or because of single member districts?  Seems to me like the US has been in a two party system since before Duverger came up with his theory.  Seems to me that Duverger's "Law" is simply a theory based on an observation of the habits of a single member district system.

[Belsnickel]

(07-16-2017, 05:30 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Ok, I had to look that term up.  Now I have to ask, do we have a two party system because of Duverger's Law, or because of single member districts?  Seems to me like the US has been in a two party system since before Duverger came up with his theory.  Seems to me that Duverger's "Law" is simply a theory based on an observation of the habits of a single member district system.

Duverger's Law explains why, but it is a resultof single member districts ( and first-past-the-post voting). It was erroneous to say that is why, it just explains why.