I've seen videos talking about an American multi-party system before, but they usually only talk about what the parties would be, not what can cause America to be a multi-party system.
Also, the way they usually describe the multi-party system is as one that came around after the Republican party and Democratic party came into existence, since they usually talk about them splitting.
So the challenge I wanted to give, is that is a multi-party system able to happen in the early days of America? We've seen the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, then eventually the Democratic-Republicans, rise up pretty early. So, was it possible for a multi-party system to happen back then, instead of it being only a two party system? If so, what kind of parties could there have been at that time? I only specified at that time since I assume new parties would rise and fall as time goes on.
If a multi-party system can't happen back then, when is the earliest that one can happen in the USA? Thanks in advance if you do reply to this post. I just thought it would be an interesting concept to think about how elections would have gone if we had a multi-party system from the get-go.
Based Off Political Study Conducted In 2020
Using this URL - https://strawpoll.com/421byd42x you can vote in a Multi-Party system in the United States. When I get a sufficient amount of votes I will create a post with detailed results.
Read: 40+ million voters for Harling in his first two elections. Given the massive size of Osea, there could be dozens of millions more in so many other parties.
Only make changes after the Civil War. Good luck!
In the US’s two party system we have the Democratic and Republican Parties as dominant forces in politics. Each of these parties has factions in them, such as the New Democrats or the right-wing populists.
In a multi party system it would be easy to imagine each of these factions as their own party, meaning there would be no clear majority (>50% representation). From here coalitions would form that would probably just be the same as the two party system we have now.
Am I missing something here? I’d imagine there would have to be some sort of functional difference but I completely fail to see how having multiple parties would be the big fix to politics people often make it out to be.
I have decided that I want to die. Just kidding - but jokes aside:
It is now SO OBVIOUS that "vegan" is a marketing (or now political) thing. Just slap "vegan" on a product (or political party) and dumb people will go "Oh THiS MusT bE GoOd foR uS!"
And on the other side of the spectrum there is also a neo nazi party which is extremely disappointing but that's beside the point.
I am old enough to vote and I am just at loss.
I am part of LGBT and naturally will vote more left oriented but the problem is that the vegan party is not the only one who promotes veganism - there are more on the left side who have similat ideas.
The party I am going to vote (I will explain why) has similar ideas.
So why am I still voting for it? It's because there are some big parties who always get most of the votes (luckily the vegan dumbasses and the neo nazi bastards do not belong to this).
Most votes is a rather conservative party that has... "questionable" goals.
Another party is one that is unorganized af and recently approved anti LGBT laws. Not cool.
Then there is the left oriented party I want to vote for. They are pro human rights.
And then there is another one that also has neo nazi tendencies. Not as obvious as the neo nazi party I mentioned above but still. They promote racism. I am not gonna support this.
So really, the only thing I can do is give my vote to the pro human rights party even if they suggest we all should have one meatless day. I don't think they will be able to make this real. People would protest.
And if you're wondering why one meatless day would suck for me: I have severe and chronic stomach issues. I cannot eat most plants and grains. A meatless day would mean eating plain bread all day. I am not a fan of this thought...
This post is inspired by this article and particularly by this example (Here is an image) of what parties might make up a U.S. multiparty system and what their broad beliefs might be as well as potential leadership figures.
I have seen quite a few Americans, on both sides of the isle but chiefly on the Democratic side, upset about the two party dominance of the Republican and Democratic parties. It is certainly true that both parties have members who have quite different views but are in the same party. Also, third parties, like the Green Party and the Libertarian Party, generally exist on the peripheries of American electoral politics and in a multi-party system these parties might be able to better get a seat at the table.
My question is fourfold.
- Is a multi-party system viable in the United States?
- How would a multi-party system supersede the two party system? Would the "old" Republican and Democratic have a place in the new system?
- What kind of parties might come into existence? How many would there be?
- Are there countries with multi-party systems that proponents in the U.S. could look to for inspiration (or, vice versa, to steer clear of)?
Let's imagine Dems and the GOP disband into smaller parties and the US uses a more proportional representation. There's a party that is tailor-made for defending your political interests. What does it look like? What does it embrace? What does it reject? How different would it be from other conservative parties?
In a multy-party system, it's easy to understand what a citizen wants when you know what kind of party they support. With only 2 parties, there's a lot of blurred lines.
Sorry if the question was already asked, I didn't find anything similar.
Seeing the country more and more divided I feel a competitive party or two could do the country well. Is there any plausible path to that happening? Would winner take all have to be ended?
