Kristofer Munsterhjelm > Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:27 PM > > Juho wrote: > > If one really wants a two-party system and doesn't want voters to change > > that fact then one could ban third parties and accept only two. That > > would solve the spoiler problem :-). > Who is this "one"? Since that one is at odds with the voters, > that's not very democratic, is it? > > I guess that one "democratic" way of doing it would be to have the > question itself posed to the voters, but with a suitable low-pass filter > (e.g. supermajority required to change it, or a majority over a long > time); though then I think it'd be better just to have the > filter on the decision process itself.
Why in any country that would merit the description "democracy" would you want to impose a "two-party system" when the votes of the voters showed that was not what they wanted? James Gilmour No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.47/2478 - Release Date: 11/03/09 07:36:00 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info