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[quote=Anonymous]3rd parties don't work in the US because our Constitution and winner-take-all voting do not incentivize power sharing and instead naturally lead to two large big tent parties. All a 3rd party will do is make it slightly easier for one of the major two parties to attain total control and victory. Annoyed with the system of government dominated by two parties? Vote for initiatives that dilute major party power: ranked choice voting, jungle primaries, proportional Electoral College votes, etc. Alternative: split your votes between parties so they can act as a check on each other (eg, cast a vote for GOP House Rep and another vote for a Dem Senator). 3rd parties are only useful in parliamentary systems; they absolutely act as spoilers that enable minority rule in our democratic republic with winner-take-all rules.[/quote]
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