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Originally Posted by MrWookie
OK, which country uses the American system and has 3+ parties each with non-negligible political power?
the incentive to merge that you mentioned exists in british politics. if the lib dems & labour had merged 20 years ago (discussions went on to that end) they'd have made nixon vs mcgovern look like a close run thing in all subsequent elections. didnt happen despite pretty similar pollcies
/discussion for now, onto the GOP travelling carnival show