| WolfpackN64 said: The American system is deeply flawed and very undemocratic. The 'winner takes all' method ensures only 2 parties can be in power. It's basically a Democrat-Republican tandemocracy |
It's not the winner takes all that's the problem, it's the method of voting we use, though that can actually very significantly state to state and even county to county. Some have an instant run off system where all voters don't just pick a signle candidate out of many.
There is also the gerrymandering, where if one party is in power in a state at the census they can make districs that put all the other party into few very consentrated districts. In the 2012 elections there were more votes for Democrats in the house than for Republicans but Repulicans held onto control of the house.
there is the primary systems that usually lead to much more partisan candidates in the general election instead of more moderates. Though that has changes in California
there is the flilibuster in the senate where 41 votes can stop there actually being a vote. So it takes less than all the senators of 21 states to stop a vote. The 23 smallest states have a population about the size of California.
