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> If we can get a major party to do this

The parties aren't going to change unless the incentives change. You need to get something like the anti corruption act through on the state level:

https://youtu.be/TfQij4aQq1k?si=DQlWV0u-YmSKqTnn

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No, the parties aren’t going to change until the voting system changes.

What's wrong with the voting system? As one of the first and arguably greatest democracies (until perhaps recently?), the voting system is one thing that stands out as equal and fair when considering populations of different densities.

It’s literally the mechanics of the vote and how it encourages voting not for your favorite candidate, but the candidate most likely to win that isn’t the worst candidate for you.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo

The two party system makes negative campaigning far too effective. If there are more parties and one spends its resources making another one look bad the others would also benefit from it.

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