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Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts)
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 10:51 PM Dec 2015

Purely for sake of argument, could you imagine a competitive 4 candidate national election?

Cruz/Rubio (R)
Trump (3rd Party)
Hillary (D)
Bernie(i guess 4th party?)


Each of those candidates would have a base that would follow them. From a purely historical perspective, it would be fascinating.


( I'm not advocating for this, just musing)

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Purely for sake of argument, could you imagine a competitive 4 candidate national election? (Original Post) Joe the Revelator Dec 2015 OP
I was thinking the exact same thing earlier today Matariki Dec 2015 #1
we need to break the two party stranglehold restorefreedom Dec 2015 #2
This might be an interesting read ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2015 #3
The entire electoral process needs overhauled. NuclearDem Dec 2015 #4
Would be awesome. bigwillq Dec 2015 #5
Instead of half of the country pissed, you would have 75% BlueStateLib Dec 2015 #6

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
1. I was thinking the exact same thing earlier today
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 10:55 PM
Dec 2015

I'd like to see more than two parties in this country. The two party system doesn't seem to serve regular people and turns our democracy into a spectator sport.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
2. we need to break the two party stranglehold
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:09 PM
Dec 2015

besides, its not really two parties anymore...its the prochoice corporstists/third wayers who have taken over the dems with a progresssive wing that wants out, and a gop with an equally pissed off base and fed up with the establishment


its really the plutocrats vs the people. a four party system might bring some real choice back.

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
4. The entire electoral process needs overhauled.
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 11:35 AM
Dec 2015

Scrap the district system and replace it with proportional seat allocation, and let parties choose who will fill their seats after they've been designated. Alternate parties thrive, personality plays a much smaller role in elections, and gerrymandering cheating is completely done away with.

The current system is absolutely broken at this point.

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