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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:11 AM Original message |
Is a multiparty system better than a two-party system? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Would a multiparty system improve politics in America? HELL YES!! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Agreed. There a lot of changes we could make that would improve the system |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. My husband has always wanted viable multiple parties |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. absolutely necessary -- but will it happen before America collapses into |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Exactly, won't happen until after the revolution. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. I Like It |
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RFKJrNews (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You betcha! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. It would be about the same |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. "you'd wind up with the same thing" |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Those are good answers, but that's already how it works. |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. No system will improve things without integrity of the voting process. |
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Hollow Shells (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Would a bowl of ice cream be better than a shit sandwich? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. The beauty of it is that we could at least start the process without the need for a Constitutional.. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes. I prefer a Parliamentary System of Govt. |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That's not the same thing at all. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. What you say is true, it would mostly affect the House, and maybe Presidential ballots... |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Multiparty presidential systems tend to be unstable, though |
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Progressive Friend (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. IRV has already been passed and implemented in some localities |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Of course. The more options the better it is. |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here is some more info on ballot fusion: |
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flying rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. How many more |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Most of the world's democracies use PR in some form. |
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ncabot22 (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think so |
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FlyingTiger (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. In a word.... yes. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
25. The more the merrier IMO |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I also support Instant run off voting |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. It's not possible... |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. But, that's just the point. Should we change that system? |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
28. In a word....yes |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. Of course, we cannot empower left-wing third parties without empowering right-wing third parties. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. oh I would worry |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. America today is not Germany in the 1930s . . . |
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sueh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
33. Yes, but the electoral college would have to be abolished. |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Not necessarily. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. Of course it is! |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. Multi party systems are different, not better. They wouldn't work here, because, |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I don't get it -- why wouldn't that work here? |
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LordJFT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. NO |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 01:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Why not? |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. It depends |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. I've lived under a multi-party system all my life, and I say YES |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
42. It's definitely worth a try. |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Remember women's suffrage? |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. All fine and well. |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Does it matter? Major changes are made by the politically active minority. |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yes. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
46. Diffuse parties = diffuse power |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. Yes. No question. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
50. Multiparty systems always boil down to two parties for governing |
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