Originally posted by Risto:[..]
Change it during the next elections. If you are not alone they might come sooner rather than later.
Originally posted by Risto:Third party is a better option.
Originally posted by Risto:Your main problem is that people arent voting for someone, they are voting against another.
That is why people are dissapointed in Obama. They could see this all coming.
)...Originally posted by Risto:That is not what i meant.
I meant that a two party system leads to stupid votes. If you cant stand Pailin you had to vote Obama. If you didnt like Hillary, you had to vote republican. The whole campaign is designed like this as well. Try to throw dirt on the other to improve your own chances.
Its mainly picking the lesser evil or the one with the hottest wife.
The whole republican vs democrats is ridiculous as wel.. As if you can group all opinions of a country that big into two words.
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Originally posted by noiseless:[..]
not too much difference with a 10+ party system like ours
everyone who has the right to vote keeps an eye on what he doesn't want
luckily the hottest wife isn't much of an issue in the netherlands, only 1.5 million people voted for the one with the hottest wife.
we even have politicians not having a wife at all, how enlightening to the world we dutchies are
Really not much of a difference between 2, 3, many, or 500 parties when it comes to voting. 2% vote from conviction, 30 don't vote at all, 68% votes just randomly, misinformed, misled, against someone else, with an eye on looks, gender, smile, wife or age of candidates which shouldn't be even remotely interesting, et cetera. Besides the more parties the less you can choose. Think about it. Two parties serve their own rank and file, three parties could do, maybe. But interesting target groups for four or more parties simply don't exist so all will aim at the same grassroots, i.e. the more parties the less differences, it makes no sense. Look at Dutch politics. Right wing, left wing? Bugger off. 2% differences. Dutch right wing is virtually as socialistic as Dutch left wing. Don't think I complain there's no real far right here - I don't. I just don't see much differences between left and right here and that's worth a thought in a 17 party system.