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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by akg_67 on Saturday November 07, 2020 @09:26PM (#25022214)
All systems lead to two party systems. Even countries with multiparty system, turn into two major parties with dozens of fringe parties. These fringe parties do nothing more than splitting votes, forming coalition when one of the major party didn’t win majority typically creating unstable governments.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by gregplaysguitar on Saturday November 07, 2020 @09:46PM (#25022354)
The current New Zealand government is the first in 26 years of MMP where a party gained a majority alone. The previous was made up of 3 very different minority parties. In every other election, the largest has sought the support of smaller parties to govern. I can’t speak for other countries, but MMP has not lead to instability here.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by dcolkitt on Saturday November 07, 2020 @10:42PM (#25022708)
> All systems lead to two party systems

I don't think that's true at all:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assembly_(Switzerland)

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by ianai on Saturday November 07, 2020 @11:15PM (#25022915)
It’s not true - it just seems inevitable when you’re within the 1 person, 1 vote and winner take all system of the US.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by stazz1 on Saturday November 07, 2020 @11:15PM (#25022913)
Score Voting where candidates are given a score 0-99 transcends bicameralism when averages are taken, similar to scores in the Olympics. And it is the superset of all voting methods.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by distances on Sunday November 08, 2020 @09:07AM (#25025889)
Parliament seat count for parties in Finland [0]:

40, 38, 38, 31, 20, 16, 10, 5, 1, 1

The 4th largest party with 31 seats was the largest one in the previous parliament.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by NewOrderNow on Saturday November 07, 2020 @11:10PM (#25022874)
If you believe that someone voting for whom they believe in is splitting the vote, then you don't believe in democracy right? You are thinking like a marketing strategist it sounds like.