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The amount of “left-right” entrenchment seems to be at an all-time high and increasing.
No matter what side of the political spectrum you fall on, what would it take to get you to vote for a new party?
Would implementing a better electoral system that would eliminate the two-party see-saw and allowing for more granularity in candidates help (See Single Transferable Vote or STAR depending on the type of election)?
Do you have other solutions to this issue?
This also seems to be far too complicated a system in an environment where people frequently can’t figure out that putting an X in a box is how you select a candidate (or whatever in the system in use in the county you’re in). Keep in mind that most people in the USA vote for “their” party (even when they’re “independents”) and would be hard-pressed to even name a policy from “their” party if pressed.