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[–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

You've got it backwards.

This kind of voting forces the existence of two party systems.

Suppose you have two parties one left wing that gets 60% of the vote and one right wing that gets 40% in every district. Right now the left wing always wins.

If the left wing party splits into two blocks of 30% each, the right wing always wins.

So if you want to win, you can never split from the large parties, even if you feel unrepresented.

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