> The trick is to have a two party system and agree on all the important points.

This is the exact characteristic about US politics that Americans wish were removed so their government was better for them. It favors a two party system, so no one is actually represented and have to choose between two parties they likely only agree with on few points, unless they are subscribed to that party's propogandic kool-aid.

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DarkUranium 2 days ago | parent [-]

The UK has the same system with the same problems.

It always converges to a two-party system eventually, the US just speedran the process.

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gjm11 2 days ago | parent [-]

Plurality ("first past the post") voting systems always converge to a two-party system. There's even a theorem saying so, though of course the real world isn't always so polite as to behave the way the mathematics tells it to. Countries with better electoral systems don't so consistently seem to converge to a two-party system.

	▲	inigyou 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Caveat: it's per seat. Each seat gets two parties to pick from. There can be more than two parties in the government - some other force caused the US to agree on the same two parties in every seat. When one party is secure in a seat and the second is weak, other parties can challenge each other for second place. For example libertarians could try to beat republicans in a place where republicans do poorly.