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ELI5: Why do only the two biggest parties in the US a chance to win an election? (feddit.org)
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I mean, there is a variety of intriguing political parties, but it's still always "Republicans or Democrats". Why?

(Disclosure: I'm German, never been to the US.)

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[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago

mixture of advertisement/visibility, and the perpetated idea that because a 3rd party is unlikely to ever win, some people vote for the less worse option of the two due to not having ranked choice voting