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Old 12-30-2005, 05:00 PM
Ed Miller Ed Miller is offline
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Default Re: Conditional Suffrage?

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Taking the sheep out of the equation would also take the dominance of the two party system out of the equation and give us better choices for representatives, governors, presidents, etc...

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We don't have a two party system because stupid people vote. We have a two party system because of the winner-take-all mechanism by which we elect our officials.

EDIT: This idea is known as Duverger's law.
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