Re:Fact-checkers: Talking crap in Holland v America
by mahyarm on Thursday November 08, 2012 @02:51PM
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Australia is a combination of STV & instant-runoff, and it's still mostly a two party system. Canada is a FPTP westminster parliament with two major parties (Liberal & Conservatives) and two substantial minority parties (NDP & Bloc). It might just come down to culture.
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Re:Fact-checkers: Talking crap in Holland v America
by nollidge on Thursday November 08, 2012 @05:04PM
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> It might just come down to culture.
And/or historical accident. Maybe it's like the appendix - not the result of any modern circumstance, but it's here to stay for the foreseeable future.