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Originally posted by Qwerty1234
Having more than two parties can lead to issues to. Take Belgium and The Netherlands for example. Two western countries with educated populations, yet yet every election year there's trouble due to different parties being unwilling to work together. It's not even UNCOMMON for formed governments to fall completely.
There's nothing wrong with the two systems. What is ****ed up at the moment is everyone being so unwilling to compromise on **** that matter. They'd rather take a political stand than work together and do whats best for the country. I don't agree with the Democrats on everything so I think its good that the Republicans are there to provide a balance. Sadly, the decent ones like John Kasich are extremely hard to find these days...
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But where do you draw the line for "compromise" within a party? I definitely do not want certain things Sanders is proposing, and they're relatively important issues. Many Sanders supporters feel the same way about some of Clinton's plans. At some point, an issue becomes something that a person is simply unwilling to give up for the sake of compromise.
Some government function particularly well and have many different parties, which either form coalitions with similar parties or distribute power in varied but effective ways. There's no reason to assume that this wouldn't work in the United States just because there are examples of places where it's not perfectly efficient.
The two-party system has undeniable faults that can't really be fixed by just saying "compromise, y'all." It's also a self-perpetuating model because of the psychology, marketing, propaganda, and image of each part and the animosity with which each political wing views the particular major party that differs most with their views.
A TON of people my age are, by all accounts, not Democrats. They fit better with the Green Party, or they passionately disagree with Democrats, or they're sick of the establishment, or all three. But they're registering as Democrats in an attempt to elect a man who for most of his life has been independent or in response to Trump, who by all accounts is not actually that close to Republicans (and who very much mirrors Sanders). I don't think that's right and I don't think that it should be necessary for Sanders and Trump, or any other candidate, to be forced to join a major party for any hope at the top office, or in many places for any hope of election at all.
like damn have some respect nnn. They also took to Twitter/Facebook to attack him for calling himself a progressive democrat like ch
@ Retro. I have always thought the two-party system was a little limiting, and not very representive of majority of their supporters. How long do you think it will be before other political parties begin to emerge at the forefront along side the dems and repubs? Within our young lifetime I would say, so before any of us hits 50.
They need to cut it out before voters move her to the junkfile.
Whatevs. Feel the Bern. But I better get my bumper sticker and access to the new designs 
