rollin6
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" QUOTE " DragonautNain wrote:
Anarchy with the right people
anarchy with..government? anarchy can't work for similar reasons communism doesn't work.
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1/28/2010, 2:14 am
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Arizon
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Re: One Party, Two Party, More
I don't know if this has been stated already, but if you have a majority election in one-representative-constituency (dunno if it's the right word, what I mean is: If you have an election system where you elect one person in each constituency as the majority choice) This leads to a two party system. This makes it virtually impossible for a third party to enter the second election unless unusual circumstances are present.
The alternative is (what we have in sweden for instance) proportional elections. This means that each party get proportional candidate seats for the percent they get in each constituency. This election type creates a multiple-party system, but both types produce advantages and drawbacks.
The first type makes it easier to make decisions when the government has been decided, as in the latter, there have to be coalition governments and all decisions are give-and-take-decisions. It's also easier for the voter to know who to blame in the first (us-type) system than in the proportional one. However, the proportional system lets more opinions be heard.
Read more about the fact that majority elections in one-representative-constituencies leads to a two-party-system in this article //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Duverger
His theory came to be known as Duverger's law.
Last edited by Arizon, 2/24/2010, 10:12 am
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2/23/2010, 3:57 am
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Loccsta
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Re: One Party, Two Party, More
american politics is a one party system. people are often confused and believe that there are two or three distinct and organic dominant political parties. but the reality is there is one party with two or three different factions. :fro:
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3/1/2010, 1:18 am
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