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Voting third party won’t change the two-party system. Here’s what can.
The need for electoral reform is one of the few things most of us agree on
Most of us are probably aware of ways our two-party electoral system screws Americans over.
These include, but are not limited to:
- Political polarization that divides our citizens and weakens our nation.
2. Political nominees who primarily represent the interests of their party rather than the interests of the American people.
3. Elections that result in a president who has not won the popular vote.
4. The “spoiler effect” or “vote splitting.” This discourages voters from choosing third-party candidates for fear that it will result in the election of their least-favorite candidate.
The Founding Fathers warned against the danger of two-party partisanship:
“The alternate domination of one [party] over another…is itself a frightful despotism.”
— George Washington
“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great…
