• trailing9@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Yes, create the voting base.

    If democrats move right, they take votes from Republicans and make it easier for third party to win.

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      1 year ago

      The problem is that leaves you with an unstable situation under FPTP. Let’s say that our fictional third party, the Yellow Party, is to the point where 40% goes to Republicans (right), 30% goes to Democrats (center-left), and 30% goes to Yellows (left). Now Republicans are winning despite Democrats and Yellows forming a majority. So Democrats are going to split at some point, arriving back at an equilibrium of approximately a 50-50 split between Republican-Democrats and Democrat-Yellows. So in essence, you’re right back where you started.

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        But you have a new party with better politics. Otherwise you argue that Democrats and Republicans already represent exactly the will of the population.