Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Fairvote Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoAnother First-Past-The-Post Myth the Powerful Few Sell Youlemmy.caimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down16
arrow-up1147arrow-down1imageAnother First-Past-The-Post Myth the Powerful Few Sell Youlemmy.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Fairvote Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareMajorllama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·4 days agoYeah but that would require someone to break off from one of the two powerful parties. And historically there is little to no support of third party candidates. What’s the most a third party ever got? Like 3 percent of votes?
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThe purpose of the system is what it does
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days ago19%. The Reform Party. And then it got taken over by Pat Buchanan.
Yeah but that would require someone to break off from one of the two powerful parties. And historically there is little to no support of third party candidates. What’s the most a third party ever got? Like 3 percent of votes?
The purpose of the system is what it does
19%. The Reform Party. And then it got taken over by Pat Buchanan.