Electoral systems in the United States cause minor political parties to receive few votes
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Electoral systems in the United States, notably single-member plurality districts, structurally disadvantage minor parties and contribute to a persistent two-party dominance where third parties receive few votes.
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Multiple vote electoral systems: a remedy for political polarization
2021 · cited by 5
Paper 1 discusses how the electoral system in the United States drives party dynamics and party vote shares.
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Why do voters vote for third parties in single member districts? A test of four strategic voting conditions
2022 · cited by 2
Paper 4 examines Duverger's law regarding how single-member district rules produce two-party systems and constrain third-party success.
Dirichlet-Swing: understanding spatio-temporal aspects of political elections in heterogeneous societies through agent-based simulation.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 11 demonstrates how district-based electoral systems structurally disadvantage certain political distributions and outcomes.