> but in America they manage to push the GOP around in the same way that the wokesters push the Democratic Party around
This is because of FPTP which (because of Duverger's rule) results in there being 2 big parties. Because there are only 2 parties, with no-one else getting a look in, it's easy for a special interest group to take contro…
> but in America they manage to push the GOP around in the same way that the wokesters push the Democratic Party around
This is because of FPTP which (because of Duverger's rule) results in there being 2 big parties. Because there are only 2 parties, with no-one else getting a look in, it's easy for a special interest group to take control of one of the big parties and then use that to control what happens in the country.
If USA had a fully proportional system (like e.g. Netherlands) there would be lots of viable parties, and if a special interest group took control of one of the big ones, and changed its policies to something the voters don't like, it would avail them nothing, as voters would simply switch to another party.
It's both disgusting and undemocratic that special interest groups (such as wokies or religious extremists) get to rule when most people dislike them, which is why in countries that use FPTP, getting rid of it ought to be the most important political objective.
> but in America they manage to push the GOP around in the same way that the wokesters push the Democratic Party around
This is because of FPTP which (because of Duverger's rule) results in there being 2 big parties. Because there are only 2 parties, with no-one else getting a look in, it's easy for a special interest group to take control of one of the big parties and then use that to control what happens in the country.
If USA had a fully proportional system (like e.g. Netherlands) there would be lots of viable parties, and if a special interest group took control of one of the big ones, and changed its policies to something the voters don't like, it would avail them nothing, as voters would simply switch to another party.
It's both disgusting and undemocratic that special interest groups (such as wokies or religious extremists) get to rule when most people dislike them, which is why in countries that use FPTP, getting rid of it ought to be the most important political objective.