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(07-16-2017, 10:29 AM)xxlt Wrote: Was his first name Murphy?
Close. Maurice.
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(07-16-2017, 11:02 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Close. Maurice. ![LOL LOL](http://i.imgur.com/VCAuJmN.gif)
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(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.
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