You can be skeptical, they're still a viable alternative to the non representative duality the US has spiralled into.
> Also, the US has had a two party system for a very long time,
No doubt, that's one hallmark of that long slow spiral into a non representative deadlock.
You likely recall the US founding founders opinions on political parties .. not a lot of fans as I recall (although admitedly I'm not a US citizen).
The current voting system of the US has a tendancy to iteratively approach bad two party standoffs that better represent small powerful minority groups rather than the nations demographic as a whole.
> just like you would get with FPTP.
That's good to mention again; multiple parties and a change to one of the preferential ranking voting systems.
There are multiple examples about the globe, some don't have deadlock issues .. and a stable majority coalition isn't a requirement to representationally vote on policy, and once passed, if passed, policy falls to the civil service in carry through.
> Also, the US has had a two party system for a very long time,
No doubt, that's one hallmark of that long slow spiral into a non representative deadlock.
You likely recall the US founding founders opinions on political parties .. not a lot of fans as I recall (although admitedly I'm not a US citizen).
The current voting system of the US has a tendancy to iteratively approach bad two party standoffs that better represent small powerful minority groups rather than the nations demographic as a whole.
> just like you would get with FPTP.
That's good to mention again; multiple parties and a change to one of the preferential ranking voting systems.
There are multiple examples about the globe, some don't have deadlock issues .. and a stable majority coalition isn't a requirement to representationally vote on policy, and once passed, if passed, policy falls to the civil service in carry through.