[46756e]

I agree that this is the likely biggest contributor but it also makes me incredibly sad because I don't see anyway that this is fixed.

There is absolutely no way either political party will allow a multi-party system to ever exist.

[throw_away]

But it's also the sort of thing where you don't have to change the whole system all at once in one go. There are now two states that will use RCV for federal elections as well as many more local municipalities (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_Un... ).

With any luck, these reforms can stick and hopefully expand— necessary steps if we're ever to end this political duopoly.

[scythe]

>There is absolutely no way either political party will allow a multi-party system to ever exist.

I've suspected for a while that the real secret to getting PR/MMP (=> multiparty) in the US is getting the Catholics on board. They're sick of the Trumpists and libertarians in the Republican Party but they'll never support the vehemently pro-choice Democrats. They should be obvious fans of a multiparty movement, and they have the political and media heft to move the needle.

Alas, I'm not Christian and my views are quite a bit left of theirs, so I don't think they'll listen to me. And most PR advocates have more in common with me than with the modal Catholic American.

[noizejoy]

Side note: Facebook reminds me a lot of the catholic church.