Alex--
You asked:
Does anybody know why Duverger's Law has been so stubbornly resisted in Britain for 80+ years? I'd be genuinely curious to know.
I reply:
At least partly because Britain is a parliamentary system. People know that the Parliamentary seat they're voting for isn't everything to the govt, as our presidency is.
Yes, Congressional seats are even less all-important, because Congress doesn't choose the executive. But our directly-elected father-figure greatly strengthens Duverger's law here. That and our greater isolation, which makes people more inclined to believe in "the two choices" offered to them by their tv.
Mike Ossipoff
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