| IIIIITHE1IIIII said: "I believe that we need to go from a winner takes all election process to proportional representation." Nailed it. An opinion supported by 5% of the population deserves 5% influence, not zero. |
I think what you'd end up with is a system where nothing gets done because nobody can agree on anything. You might as well not have any representation at all if that's what you want.
We are a democratic republic for a very good reason. We believe each citizen should have a voice, but that a representative is needed to manage reason out of the chaos of all those voices.
People are unhappy today, not because of a two party system, but because they don't like either party. If their party suddenly gained votes and took control they'd be happy with even a single party system. All those third parties aren't necessarily better anyway. Do we really want to give the communist party even a 5% influence? I don't.
The republican and democratic parties are flawed, but not as much as people complain so much about. It's the actual representatives that most people don't like and they could easily be voted out and replaced if people would just hold them accountable. Both parties have changed so much over the years that they don't even resemble themselves with each new generation. In 30 years I expect both to be arguing about completely different topics than what is in the news today.
My point is, if you don't like the current two parties, than vote out the people you don't like. If you want to vote for a 3rd party do so, maybe it will grow and replace the democratic or republican party. But don't make the mistake of thinking that the masses can run government policy better than the few who represent them.
