Third parties can indeed decide the winner when the election's very close
One reason why I'd really like to see the USA adopting preferential voting or something of that ilk. Unfortunately, it's not likely to happen any time soon, since neither of the two majors are likely to benefit from it.
We can't handle a radical socialist president during a recession when we're deep in debt.
Maybe not, but a tax-cutting conservative is just as capable of steering us into recession and debt...
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Date: 2008-02-25 08:31 pm (UTC)One reason why I'd really like to see the USA adopting preferential voting or something of that ilk. Unfortunately, it's not likely to happen any time soon, since neither of the two majors are likely to benefit from it.
We can't handle a radical socialist president during a recession when we're deep in debt.
Maybe not, but a tax-cutting conservative is just as capable of steering us into recession and debt...