LogFAQs > #934935570

Hot take: The two party system is the symptom, not the cause

We got a two-party system for a few reasons, but by far the biggest is the godawful First Past the Post voting system.

Now, the two-party system is so entrenched that merely changing the voting system won't auto-correct it, largely due to the complete lack of campaign finance laws to prevent the pooling of massive amounts of funds by each party from extremely wealthy donors, the fact that the presidential debates are run by Dems and Reps instead of a government or non-political entity, the electoral college, etc...

But it's the single biggest root cause and nothing will improve until it's changed. Even just going to ranked stack voting would at least make it easier for moderates to win primaries. (I'd go w/ a system where people can just vote for as many candidates as they want, and whoever gets the most votes wins; then the ones that have a platform at least tolerable to the broadest group of voters will pull ahead)