08-07-2020, 08:24 AM
(08-07-2020, 08:15 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Gaffes tend to expose people, but I’m not comparing him to anyone. It’s a nice out for people to say but Trump, but nobody is required to vote for either. Maybe we could move toward more than two viable parties if people actually started voting for other parties.
Creating a viable third, even more parties will need to begin at lower levels than the presidency. There needs to be significant electoral reform before we will ever see more than two parties in our system that have any chance. It's also a catch-22 because in order to have the changes needed, the people in power need to create policy to allow for it, but doing so means they reduce their power so they will never do it. Citizen initiated referendums are the only tool that can be used to overcome this, but these don't exist in every state.
"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
