Libertarian Party ticket: two former GOP two-term Governors...

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(05-31-2016, 03:54 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Granted, I see no evidence a three party system would be more effective than the 2 we have, but at least it's another choice.

I think my issue with the 2 party system is that no matter how badly the D or R's do at putting a person in the White House, they are right back in power in 4-12 years.  A 3 party system wouldn't make it all so obvious.  

Without getting into the actual merits of Obama, wasn't it absolutely clear that a Democrat was going to win following 8 years of Bush?  Stuff like that limits accountability, and I honestly think having a 3rd party would make it less of a "Your turn, my turn" sort of cycle. I think an old case of this can be seen when Nixon won in a landslide over McGovern because LBJ's and Vietnam soured people on having a Democrat in the Whitehouse. So they elect a guy they didn't want 12 years earlier by a landslide because he and McGovern were both anti-Vietnam but a Democrat can't be trusted to get us out of there after what LBJ did. So on and so forth.

But I could be wrong. Actually, I'm not sure if I meant McGovern or the other guy who ran against Nixon. Anyways, my point remains.