ah... now we are back to matters of opinion.. If you are a fan of 3rd parties... are you also in favor of a parliamentary system?

assuming the answer is no... as a practical matter... How would anything get done in our system with a third party president... with NO politicians of his side in the two legislative branches.. (This sounds like obama talking about hope and change in changing politics.... Nope!)


We have a two party system because that is what tends to work. Hell, Washington worried about parties given the design of the country ... The system is designed to be a FORCED CHOICE and to AMPLIFY small differences of opinion into a governing action. and it has a but.... The election is a forced choice... It's A or B.... and if you don't vote or vote third party...ONE of them wins... The system is designed to force a clear decision but over time ... that is the BUT. in two years... you get to vote in 1/3 of senate and all of the house. So that is why you build it with a forced choice. The idea is to get /force government actions and slow your roll.

Hating both candidates is unusual ... but in our system... you vote for one of them. If you don't... and then try to claim some non existent high ground... of ... a third party would have been better.... and then hating both of those guys... not to mention other people on the ballot. probably means you need to rethink how you vote in the two party system we have. Voting is not a beauty contest... its a forced choice. One of them will win. Doesn't matter if you like the choices... One of them will win.