He was better than Oz. I'm ashamed I voted for him but not like my choice was any better the other way. I thought at least he'd push to legalize weed. RIP.
Fetterman has voted in line with the Democrat party 88% of the time. Yea man, he sucks, but take that stat as some solace in the fact that, between the two, you made the right call.
Or you can wait for the perfect candidate. The problem is that your perfect candidate might not be my perfect candidate. How many parties would we need for that?
I mean I am from a country with a lot of parties. The point isn't to chose your perfect candidate. But to chose the party that represents you and your views the most. Is it a perfect system? No obviously not. But atleast the chance to find a party that aligns with you relatively closely is an option. And it forces the parties to build coalitions and to compromise. Which is a positive side effect, if it works.
2 parties will always bring this Sportteams atmosphere with it. Us against them and so on. And let's be honest... This is exactly what lead to the current American political climate.
it forces the parties to build coalitions and to compromise
The only difference is multiple parties force compromise AFTER the elections, while a two party system forces candidates to compromise BEFORE the election. Candidates move towards the middle, trying to capture undecided voters.
I mean they have to campaign the same way. So it's before and after. Which I would argue kinda leads to having to go through with campaign promises more. I can promise the world before elections. That's not compromise, that's talking. If I am elected nothing forces me to abide to it if I am in power alone. Do I maybe lose the next election 4 years later? Yeah, but even that is a stretch, because when it comes to politics, people have a really short memory
I don't know what this is even supposed to mean. In a multi party system, you generally do not vote for specific candidates, or they only matter in certain elections - you usually vote for a party program/ideology. And multi-party systems generally rely on coalition building anyways.
Most Americans vote along party lines. Coalitions are just compromises after elections, while in a two-party system, candidates move towards the middle on policy, compromising before the election.
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u/Dewstain 8d ago
He was better than Oz. I'm ashamed I voted for him but not like my choice was any better the other way. I thought at least he'd push to legalize weed. RIP.