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Richard Dudley commented on Are two parties enough? on January 8, 2008, 11:17 AM
The two party system severely limits options and creates polarization where little existed. A better option is to allow selection of first second and third choices. Such a system has been investigated, will allow the emergence of more parties, but still avoids the "no one got more than 50%" problem. This will allow better representation which can also avoid splitting votes for similar philosophies. - Richard
Richard Dudley commented on Re: Are two parties enough? on January 7, 2008, 1:49 PM
The two party system has a number of weaknesses. A different voting system is needed to make additional parties viable. One of these is a first, second, third choice system, where we would vote by ranking our choice of candidates. This avoids the big problem of third parties splitting support for a given philosophy (e.g. Nader and the Democratic Party). More later... Richard
US citizen living mostly in Indonesia since 1983, with some time in the Middle East and in the US. Additional assignments in Africa. Working mostly in fisheries development, and related areas.
Education: BS, MSc Cornell University. PhD University of Idaho.
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Richard Dudley commented on Are two parties enough? on January 8, 2008, 4:17 PM
The two party system severely limits options and creates polarization where little existed. A better option is to allow selection of first second and third choices. Such a system has been investigated, will allow the emergence of more parties, but still avoids the "no one got more than 50%" problem. This will allow better representation which can also avoid splitting votes for similar philosophies. - Richard