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RE: Party or country? - GMDino - 07-16-2017
(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.
RE: Party or country? - Belsnickel - 07-16-2017
(07-16-2017, 10:29 AM)xxlt Wrote: Was his first name Murphy?
Close. Maurice.
RE: Party or country? - xxlt - 07-16-2017
(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.
RE: Party or country? - SunsetBengal - 07-16-2017
(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.
RE: Party or country? - Belsnickel - 07-16-2017
(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.