1. Political parties
Although this two-party system gives smaller excluded parties less incentive to even form, it has consistently survived, {with little exception during the 1800s} throughout the history of the United States. ... Smaller parties certainly cannot compete under these circumstances. This often makes voters hesitant to even waste their vote on a smaller party candidate who obviously cannot win. These functions of our democratic two-party system seem to make the bigger parties stronger, thus make the smaller one weaker. In many states of America variations to insure minor party advanc...
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