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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by thaumasiotes on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:23PM (#27600080)
> The USA is a two-party state because of the voting system.

There's much more to it than that. The two-party system is codified into many laws. A lot of effort goes into maintaining it; the voting system isn't up to that job.

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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by JohnWhigham on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:22AM (#27603608)
That's just a circular argument though. It's codified because the voting system has historically only allowed for two parties to flourish.
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