| AZWification said: You can always vote Gary Johnson or Jill Stein... |
Too bad in the US that would be the exact same as not voting at all. The two party system there is stupid. Here in Germany no party is safe from elimination. You simply cannot rule the country if you do not have at least 50+% of the votes. And since nowadays even the biggest parties struggle to reach even 30% of the votes a single vote has a lot more power because even if there is one strongest party it cannot rule without building a succesful coalition.
Try to envision the same system for the US. Since people vote for 3rd parties and usually the winning party does not get 50% of the votes it would have to work together with one of the smaller parties. That would give people the power to make a difference by voting a 3rd party who now also has the chance to take part in the government.
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