Two party system vs Coalition of parties

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discuss

[Tylerrr]

No deal

[Dizzy]

yes

[Light Mayhem]

lolusa

[d72]

Coalition? Or a multi-party system?

If coalition, it's good and bad:

Good because shit gets done a lot faster, bad because party members are prone to conflict with one another, potentially causing an even bigger political rift between them.

[Guest Tederick]

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[Andrew]

politics and stuff

[Veta]

Coalition? Or a multi-party system?

If coalition, it's good and bad:

Good because shit gets done a lot faster, bad because party members are prone to conflict with one another, potentially causing an even bigger political rift between them.

2 prominent parties vs. a bunch of parties

I think in germany they have a bunch of parties and its pretty successful. The parties usually end up coming together on ideas to get larger amounts of support though. So in essence it probably is similar to a us's two party system. I've also heard that india has bunch of parties and they never get shit done because they're always arguing.

As an American i feel that two parties aren't enough to represent all of the ideas of the American people. I know there are other parties liberal, green, etc but if you vote for them your vote does nothing. I haven't done a lot of research on a multi party system but i feel like it could be more successful then the current parties in the us.

[d72]

Oh okay, I know what you're talking about now.

Canada has a multi-party system and personally I'm content with it; I find that, once again, it provides great options for the citizens in regards to voting much better than just having two parties to vote for.

It's actually strange how American politics work together without miserably failing in my opinion; after Nigeria had a political revolution it modeled its party system after that of the United States and it ended up being a disaster.

In India they do have a multi-party system but they're pretty much run by the Congress party by a huge margin.

I think that, if the States did have a multi-party system, there would be a lot more diversity in terms of voting outcomes and shit.

[Luke]

Democracy is inherently flawed, it's just inherently flawed less than other political institutions. I feel like there's enough extremism already, when we have two main parties book-ending the ideological midpoint. In another country a coalition could be more beneficial, but with the makeup of our congress being as it is, two party system seems the only practical way to go about things. Imagine if tea party nutjobs started grabbing house seats left and right because we were splintered into 6 factions constantly arguing.

[Veta]

Democracy is inherently flawed, it's just inherently flawed less than other political institutions. I feel like there's enough extremism already, when we have two main parties book-ending the ideological midpoint. In another country a coalition could be more beneficial, but with the makeup of our congress being as it is, two party system seems the only practical way to go about things. Imagine if tea party nutjobs started grabbing house seats left and right because we were splintered into 6 factions constantly arguing.

I see what you're saying, in order for a coalition of parties to work we would have to restructure our entire government.

[Luke]

Democracy is inherently flawed, it's just inherently flawed less than other political institutions. I feel like there's enough extremism already, when we have two main parties book-ending the ideological midpoint. In another country a coalition could be more beneficial, but with the makeup of our congress being as it is, two party system seems the only practical way to go about things. Imagine if tea party nutjobs started grabbing house seats left and right because we were splintered into 6 factions constantly arguing.

I see what you're saying, in order for a coalition of parties to work we would have to restructure our entire government.

Yeah, with the checks and balances of so many sections (president/supreme court appointments/house/senate), everybody aligns on issues to try and get a meaningful majority. I'm studying a bit of politics now and I won't pretend for a second to be an expert, but I think there is a certain inevitability when it comes to the two-party system in America. Even before current parties, it was always federalists and republicans, whigs and republicans etc. George Washington preemptively condemned a two-party system when he took office, but here we are centuries later.

[Fears BFF]

Two parties fuck europe

[Veta]

Democracy is inherently flawed, it's just inherently flawed less than other political institutions. I feel like there's enough extremism already, when we have two main parties book-ending the ideological midpoint. In another country a coalition could be more beneficial, but with the makeup of our congress being as it is, two party system seems the only practical way to go about things. Imagine if tea party nutjobs started grabbing house seats left and right because we were splintered into 6 factions constantly arguing.

I see what you're saying, in order for a coalition of parties to work we would have to restructure our entire government.

Yeah, with the checks and balances of so many sections (president/supreme court appointments/house/senate), everybody aligns on issues to try and get a meaningful majority. I'm studying a bit of politics now and I won't pretend for a second to be an expert, but I think there is a certain inevitability when it comes to the two-party system in America. Even before current parties, it was always federalists and republicans, whigs and republicans etc. George Washington preemptively condemned a two-party system when he took office, but here we are centuries later.

yup so our bipartisan government is flawed cause we don't accomplish shit but we can't change it without revamping everything.