2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPurely for sake of argument, could you imagine a competitive 4 candidate national election?
Cruz/Rubio (R)
Trump (3rd Party)
Hillary (D)
Bernie(i guess 4th party?)
Each of those candidates would have a base that would follow them. From a purely historical perspective, it would be fascinating.
( I'm not advocating for this, just musing)
Matariki
(18,775 posts)I'd like to see more than two parties in this country. The two party system doesn't seem to serve regular people and turns our democracy into a spectator sport.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)besides, its not really two parties anymore...its the prochoice corporstists/third wayers who have taken over the dems with a progresssive wing that wants out, and a gop with an equally pissed off base and fed up with the establishment
its really the plutocrats vs the people. a four party system might bring some real choice back.
eppur_se_muova
(36,271 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Scrap the district system and replace it with proportional seat allocation, and let parties choose who will fill their seats after they've been designated. Alternate parties thrive, personality plays a much smaller role in elections, and gerrymandering cheating is completely done away with.
The current system is absolutely broken at this point.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)The more choices, the better, imo. Let the people decide. Viva Democracy!