On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 01:10 AM, Mark Baugher wrote: > > What do you mean by "the US constitution system allows" in the sentence > above.What do you mean by "the US constitution system allows" in the > sentence above. Are you saying that the electoral system causes the > two-party system?
The Constitution itself does not impose a two-party system (although the rule of two senators per state leans toward it). The winner-take-all method of deciding a state's electoral college votes, and also of choosing one representative per congressional district instead of N representatives for the whole state, spread early on in U.S. history. Those rules pretty much require a system of two parties, each a coalition of interests (or even one party). Now if you want to change things state by state, the existing two-party Congress has a Constitutional clause to stop you: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.” -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42337): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42337 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120118735/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
