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cab67

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21. Multiple parties won't work in our current system.

Reply to Jirel (Reply #6)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 11:33 AM

Jun 8

They work in parliamentary systems, but unless one party secures a majority, they have to form coalitions, and when the coalitions collapse, the government falls.

Third parties in the US are often staunchly opposed to the party with which they're most similar. Ask any Green Party supporter in the US if they'd cooperate with the Democratic Party, and you'll get a vigorous "no." They won't form coalitions with other parties. Thus, they act as spoilers.

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