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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
All of this is interesting, but I'm wondering: If the two-party system fractures, will there ever be any real left representation in America?
Let's face it, the Democratic Party is more centre than it is left-centre. And it's no left.
That right parties consider it too far left and left parties consider it too far right is indicative of its centredness.
It's hard to say.
It all depends on whether the government in its current state already adequately represents the political anatomy of the nation. However, considering how centre and right the government has been and for so long, I doubt this is the case. I doubt the American people today are as conservative as their governmental history. I think there are probably many American left-thinking people that are grossly underrepresented if not unrepresented completely.
With that in mind, it's almost silly to me to think that the Republicans are going through a crisis where some think the party isn't right enough.
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The two party system won't fracture. The reason we have two parties in America is not simply because people have accepted two parties, it is the natural outcome of plurality voting. Until we change how we count the votes, there will always be two major parties in the long term, with only very short transitional periods should one major party completely fall out of favor.
You're absolutely correct, though, that the centre-right government does not accurately represent the people. When polled on the issues, rather than on the candidates or the parties, Americans are decidedly more liberal than they vote. Collectively, we're centre-left if anything.