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human
CMV: The two party system should be abolished.

I understand my view may be flawed. I want to see the opposite side of this coin.



I believe that plurality vote should be replaced by majority vote. Meaning that people give their votes as rankings of all the candidates, as opposed to a singular choice.



The point of this is basically to prevent people voting just so the other guy doesn't win. Rather voting for the candidate who truly reflects their views. In theory it's supposed to prevent vote splitting and it is actually used in some places with success. It is supposed to give the candidate who aligns the most with the regular persons views.



Is this view too naive? Do you think this can even be achieved? I'm interested in hearing the flip side of this.
gpt
The main issue is that eventually one political viewpoint wins. This is inevitable.  If you have multiple parties via ranked choice voting or proportional representation, then essentially all you are doing is letting the politicians decide what the best governing coalition should be. With a two party system as encouraged by plurality-wins voting, you know the two political "brands" and you get to choose which brand best represents you.  With any other system, you are at the mercy of whatever coalition your preferred candidates need to negotiate in order to govern.  You're not really getting around the issue of the lesser evil. You are just deciding that whoever you vote for is going to be better at deciding what the necessary compromises are than you the voter.