Globally, Broad Support for Representative and Direct Democracy

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(10-17-2017, 09:47 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: When you only have two parties, elections tend to result in incumbents remaining in power and there being less major changes. They're able to build relationships with the opposing party far easier as there's only one opposing party to work with. The legislative process is more efficient as a result.

A lot of the earlier Trump administration staff was his people. As they have failed, more career Republicans have joined and you have stability under people like Kelly.

...who followed a career politician. Reince Priebus. I do know some things.
l do I do not mean to be cute, but I do not really see this new stability under Kelly. Or how things have turned significantly for the better. Granted, I do not follow every detail on the US domestic front, but Trump's appearances and erratic ways seem as large on display as ever, and stuff still leaks out left and right. But OK, that's just my impression.

The career politician Jeff Sessions wasn't really as stable as people like Tillerson or Mnuchin, who had their moments but overall helped keep some course. I don't know. I guess when a Trump comes along, career politicians are no guarantee things don't get out of hand. Still lots of time to go in this presidency, so too early for a verdict.

Overall, I consider it a thin argument for keeping the two party system in place. Since I know about my knowledge limitations as staded, I won't keep defending that particular stance though.