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What if the US had a five-party system? The Trump years have wrecked the Republican Party, and the Democrats are pulling in different directions.
What If America Had Six Political Parties? Understanding the warring factions within the Democratic and Republican Party coalitions is critical for progressives who want to build power. Mark ...
We’ve never had this level of dissatisfaction with the two-party system as far back as we’ve seen polling. So, there is a real understanding that what we’re doing in our electoral system is ...
Just as the American two-party system has led to sharp polarization, the German multiparty system has pushed them towards greater accommodation. “Grand coalition” governments are not panaceas.
Bad Takes: If the two-party system got us here, why do we treat it like a timeless fixture? Passage of Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' is evidence that a 'strong Republican Party' isn't in the best ...
As a result, our current party system is a far cry from the “Westminster model,” characterized by two big, disciplined, hierarchical, and competitive parties.
In “Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop,” the New America fellow and frequent Vox columnist calls for the reinvention of our democracy as a multiparty system that allows for greater fluidity ...
This means that our current two-party system is more ancient to us than all the states except Virginia were to the delegates at the Constitutional Convention.