alt Hacker NewsThe UK has the same system with the same problems.
It always converges to a two-party system eventually, the US just speedran the process.
The UK has the same system with the same problems.
It always converges to a two-party system eventually, the US just speedran the process.
Plurality ("first past the post") voting systems always converge to a two-party system. There's even a theorem saying so, though of course the real world isn't always so polite as to behave the way the mathematics tells it to. Countries with better electoral systems don't so consistently seem to converge to a two-party system.