Re: The Two Party System
Posted by
Gillian Densmore on
Nov 08, 2012; 8:33pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/The-Two-Party-System-tp7580966p7580979.html
As the guy that just voted indipendendant I'm sick and tired of rebublicans v democrats-
Sereosly? Issues seem indipendant of weather someone red, blue orange green purple indigo-
It's one countery.
From what I gather of german polotics (for example) when there's a issue it's just adressed without to much debate as to what party (or the equivilant there of) could be blamed.
Would it be hard to impliment that type of system here?
I doubt i'm unique in sofar as polotics is concerned I can see almost nothing but benifit from going to a parilimentarian type of system (as a start)- just get the issues adressed is my feeling.
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Owen Densmore
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The 1 & 2 party systems are the only ones avoiding the pitfalls of Arrow's Impossibility Theorem.
But what about 2.5 parties? By this I mean guys running but with no possibility of winning .. the so called third party candidates in the US?
They are often seen as spoilers, by taking away votes from the two possible candidates in a 2 party system.
But to the point, No I don't think China's system is the future. The world appears to like multiparty systems, increasingly with "fair voting" tossed in with some sort of recursive run-off schemes.
So I wonder what's it like in a true multi-party system like most of Europe has? Is it effective? interesting? confusing? fun? Are the populations aware of Arrow? Does it avoid grid-lock?
-- Owen
I watched the party congress in China today and thought what a difference to the US election. In the US there was a year long multi billion dollar campaign for each party, in China none at all. In the US we have a simple two party system, in China a single party system. What do you think? Is China's model the future?
-J.
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