07-16-2017, 10:28 PM
(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.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
