because of our voting system. if you vote for 3rd party you have to take away a vote for the president of choice, so there’s a chance of getting a plurality. so everyone just votes for the 2 most likely candidates and 3rd party gets no attention
what’s the problem with a plurality? in other countries this happens all the time and parties need to work together (i think this is called a coalition) to reach a majority
There’s no problem with it, but the US has been tricked into believing there is a problem with it to perpetuate the supremecy of the main two parties. That’s my POV at least ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Because it’s widely considered “throwing your vote away”, people don’t do it, and it never happens. Plus I believe since the president is voted for as an individual, then it’s first past the post. You can’t have a coalition president. The whole system is setup to create a false dichotomy.
Wait till you hear about the enormous number of people that don’t vote at all. I believe if “nobody” was an option, and the non-voters were considered, then nobody would’ve won at all in the last couple of elections. People know the system doesn’t care about them. It’s functionally not a democracy.
because of our voting system. if you vote for 3rd party you have to take away a vote for the president of choice, so there’s a chance of getting a plurality. so everyone just votes for the 2 most likely candidates and 3rd party gets no attention
what’s the problem with a plurality? in other countries this happens all the time and parties need to work together (i think this is called a coalition) to reach a majority
There’s no problem with it, but the US has been tricked into believing there is a problem with it to perpetuate the supremecy of the main two parties. That’s my POV at least ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Because it’s widely considered “throwing your vote away”, people don’t do it, and it never happens. Plus I believe since the president is voted for as an individual, then it’s first past the post. You can’t have a coalition president. The whole system is setup to create a false dichotomy.
Wait till you hear about the enormous number of people that don’t vote at all. I believe if “nobody” was an option, and the non-voters were considered, then nobody would’ve won at all in the last couple of elections. People know the system doesn’t care about them. It’s functionally not a democracy.