NPR:

Amid growing frustration with both major political parties, voters are open to some big changes.

A new poll, commissioned by supporters of election reforms and shared with NPR, shows there is significant support for upending winner-take-all U.S. House… Continue reading

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[–] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Challenge mutual exclusion in political parties. In the US we vote for the person, not the party. Why can't I belong to more than one political party?

The problem I see is meaningful change to the voting system requires a constitutional amendment which is a high bar. Political parties are not in the constitution. Getting rid of mutual exclusion just requires a good legal argument...

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Most people in the United States don't vote for the person over the party they vote for the party. If the Republican and they have an r by their name that's the person that's going to get their vote no matter who etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    But still, it's nowhere in the constitution beyond Right to peaceably assemble and the right to petition the government. The way I look at it, you would still have the two parties as a necessity. Otherwise no candidate gets 50% of the vote, and congress decides who becomes president. That is not going to change without a constitutional amendment. All the 3rd parties would be more like influencers to the main two. When looking at a primary, one might be a progressive party member/democrat or a green/democrat and who they chose to vote for could be influenced by the 3rd party endorsements. We don't have to have a parliamentary like party system as we do not have that organizational structure.

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