Wednesday, November 28, 2007
The More the Merrier???
So is it really the more the merrier? After looking at the party system in Europe i couldn't help but think, would it be better for us to adopt the European system and have a multiple party system? Well, although it works in Europe, i believe that we should stick to our two party system with other smaller parties. When there are too many parties there are so many options for people to choose from. I think that everyone has their own idea how to run our government. Even though i call myself a Republican, I definitely do not agree with other Republicans on all levels. The more parties we have the more diversity, however whomever is chosen to rule our country would not represent a majority of the populations beliefs. It is important that a lot of people agree with the leaders of a country, or else the leader does not adequately represent their nation. Therefore when we have two parties, a larger portion of the nation will agree with the leader chosen. However, i do think that it is great that in European countries representatives are not just from one party, but divided based off of how many votes they got. Instead of winner take all, if someone got 20 percent of the votes, they would have 20 percent of representation. Yet, Sean brought up an important argument in class. The more parties we have the harder it is to come into agreement. Making compromises would be very difficult and would take a really long time. So basically, when it comes to political parties....the more is not the merrier.
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I would have to disagree with you on that one, I think more parties would be better. I'm not saying lets have 20 parties, but more of a variety so a party beside the democrat and republican will take the lead rather than always giving up elections to those two. Many people who join third parties, don't even have their canidate elected, this way the american people wouldn't be stuck on something they can't change.
Having more parties would not be better. I feel that on most issues it is one way or the other. Then for ideas for the economy things can be proposed by the party or by legislature. Third parties just cause controversy.
I would agree with you, that two parties would create problems because of all the disagreements that would occur from each party. However, there is still something I would change. As a Republican in California, I sometimes feel that voting is useless because in a presidential election or others where winner takes all system is in effect, my vote will easily mean nothing by the overwhelming Democratic vote, so I think it should be proportional to accurately determine what the majority wants, and will give a large chance of winning to the minority parties.
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