2009-10-28, 07:34 PM
Hazzy Wrote:There are dozens of parties- no one likes them though.
If we had three, or four, or 10 main parties (and thus candidates), then they could win elections with only 11% of the total vote. That could be remedied by making each election a tournament-style system of elimination, but that would make our government even slower then it already is.
Don't get me wrong, slow can be good, but it can be bad too. There are times when you just don't have 12 months to do a full election. :|
More funders also... so criticism about how corporations play too big a role in American Policy Making would have more ground/be more popular.
Actually in the countries with more than 2 or 3 popular parties, things are defined by Ballotage or direct election. If a party gets more than the 45% percent of the voting base, they get elected. If not, the 2 more popular parties go on a one-on-one definition (Ballotage).