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Discussion Forum – Why Does the United States Have a Two Party System?
The United States’ two-party system is structurally maintained through our winner-take-all system and single-member voting districts.
Directions
- Review the Duke University website, “The U.S. System – Winner-Take-All†(View Pros, Cons, and System Consequences)
http://www.duke.edu/web/poli/classes/proprep/withouttext.htm (alternate PDF version) - Review the Mount Holyoke University website on “Single Member District Plurality Voting.â€
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/BeginnningReading/plurality.htm - Draft your thoughts on the various voting systems presented and evaluate some of the consequences of these voting systems. Post your response to the Two-Party System in the United States discussion forum. Your post must be substantive. You may also respond to other student’s ideas. Students should use proper sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and spelling. Material in the Weekly Discussion Forums may be used to generate essay questions on your exams.