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[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

We technically have more than 2; but nobody ever votes for the other parties, and the other parties are almost never given the opportunity to debate or have big ad campaigns. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

And to be fair: Some of those other parties are even more narrow minded than the two big ones.

[โ€“] cobysev@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

CGP Grey made an excellent video explaining our voting system: Minority Rule: First Past the Post Voting

Skip to 1:36 to hear about how, no matter how many parties we have, it always comes down to 2 major parties competing in this voting system.

[โ€“] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I vote for one of those other parties!