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Budi

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1. It's a push poll (behind a paywall) to a select group, intended for biased talking pts.

Reply to Poiuyt (Original post)

Thu Sep 9, 2021, 05:19 PM

Sep 2021

They refer to this skewed poll as proof of the pre-written talking point.

NYT poll behind a paywall. 🙄

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Should America abandon the 2 party system in favor of 6 parties? [View all] Poiuyt Sep 2021 OP

It's a push poll (behind a paywall) to a select group, intended for biased talking pts. Budi Sep 2021 #1

Try this link. It should get you past the paywall Poiuyt Sep 2021 #6

No thanks. Try this. "Who is Lee Drutman?". We discussed this yesterday. Here: Budi Sep 2021 #10

Not with an Electoral College. roamer65 Sep 2021 #2

What country does that idea remind us of again? 🤔 Budi Sep 2021 #3

France? roamer65 Sep 2021 #4

Nope. Guess again. Budi Sep 2021 #8

I'd like to buy a vowel JHB Sep 2021 #17

Israel has even more parties than this -- and I think the last two years showed it was awful karynnj Sep 2021 #14

Not with names like those MagickMuffin Sep 2021 #5

NO !!! Get the election system truly non partisan and independent. OnDoutside Sep 2021 #7

If any other parties are capable of raising a billion dollars Locutusofborg Sep 2021 #9

It's not on the list but I'd go with the Social Democratic party... brush Sep 2021 #11

Did you know Sweden went with the Herd bullshit...and killed so many people so no thanks. Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #19

Was that a direct effect of having more than two political parties? LanternWaste Sep 2021 #21

Who mentioned Sweden and the herd? I mentioned that region's... brush Sep 2021 #22

There economic system would never work here in any case. I used to be an admirer of Sweden. But Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #27

You don't seem to want to work towards universal healthcare here. brush Sep 2021 #35

they have been pushing disinfo about us here in Sweden starting with their false herd immunity claim Celerity Sep 2021 #43

You can't seem to understand that Sweden is not the only country... brush Sep 2021 #36

Not as many as the US did, even accounting for population differience. Lancero Sep 2021 #28

there was no 'herd bullshit' here in Sweden, that was disinfo and has long ago been debunked Celerity Sep 2021 #41

that's NOT true, please stop spreading long ago debunked disinfo Celerity Sep 2021 #40

false framing, false claims, & a ludicrous attempt at false correlation in regards to proportional Celerity Sep 2021 #42

A Government strutted by our Constitution will never evolve into Parliamentary. brooklynite Sep 2021 #34

True enough, but if it ever came to it and there were several... brush Sep 2021 #38

Need a parliamentary system for that. Our winner-takes-all system insures two parties. PSPS Sep 2021 #12

No - 7 party system JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 #13

The multiple party scenario has little chance of coming about... brush Sep 2021 #45

Amen! JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 #46

I got 'New Liberal Party' left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #15

This is meaningless, theoretical dorm room debate, best done when drinking beers and/or smoking weed JHB Sep 2021 #16

NO NO and NO. Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #18

Sure it makes some sense, but yeah, that ain't happening. Xolodno Sep 2021 #20

If you want moderates to win, sure... brooklynite Sep 2021 #23

New Liberal Party...Hmmm, interesting. Backseat Driver Sep 2021 #24

Nothing stopping this now. Igel Sep 2021 #25

There is at least a third dimension -- globalist versus nationalist Klaralven Sep 2021 #26

The "Patriot Party" should be "The Flag Waving Party". Nt GoodRaisin Sep 2021 #29

New Liberal Party Kaleva Sep 2021 #30

Looks a lot like divide and conquer. NO. crickets Sep 2021 #31

New Liberal Party. nt GoodRaisin Sep 2021 #32

Game theory. fescuerescue Sep 2021 #33

Not sure I like their examples, but I do think we would be better served with more viable parties Amishman Sep 2021 #37

unfortunately, to arrive at a multiparty outcome, you would have to scrap a large amount of the Celerity Sep 2021 #44

the parties arise naturally and are not formal treestar Sep 2021 #39