cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52742400

How the Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Both Canada and the United Kingdom use FPTP voting and they have more than two viable parties that regularly win and hold seats.

    Sure, but they also have prime ministers and parliaments, and are generally run differently from the United States which has had two main parties since its inception because that is what the system will produce.