Poll after poll confirms a deeply discontented electorate. But there is less agreement about a solution. Americans seem to agree they want more parties. In one recent poll, two-thirds of Americans say they want a third party. But few Americans understand the institutional reasons why more parties don’t emerge: the antiquated single-winner plurality electoral system. Absent this understanding, Americans are unlikely to demand electoral reform. Instead, they will keep blaming politicians for responding to the incentives the political system generates, and they will continue to be disappointed.
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