Unfortunately, Akhenaton06, that is not the case. One would think so, but the lack of experience with the other system means we are one-eye blind in our US and UK democracies.

Allow me to explain this with the real interesting angle that Thomas Jefferson was the first person in the world to devise the clean voting system we now know as proportional voting.

At the Federal level, however, the Founding Fathers decided against it because they needed a strong nation that could withstand foreign enemies and that would survive extreme internal conflicts.

As such, they concentrated powers x1.

Then, they also told everyone to not deny or disparage the right retained by the people.

In combination, they are writing in the US Constitution a 'Do as I say, and not as I do' position. Nevertheless, the powers that be ignored that and ended up concentrating powers x3 while told to not do that.

The States held restricted voting elections and then also told cities and counties that they could not use Thomas Jefferson's clean voting system. They made sure that no one ever would get acquainted with the better voting system.

As such, it is actually the States that turned our nation into a two-party system. They concentrated powers x3 so there was no escape anywhere. As we all know, the Founding Fathers did not envision a two-party system.

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Let me reply to your specific position in more detail.

A basic color copier has red, blue, yellow and black ink. Together, that's all we need to get anything we want printed on paper in all colors of the rainbow, and more.

Each and every person would reject (immediately or after a day or two) prints that were red and blue only.

The fact that you are not rejecting political prints that are red and blue only is kind of suspicious. It is an indication that you may believe that all is printed fine (even when we all complain from time to time) plus you may feel we do not need yellow or black ink to see better what is printed on the piece of paper. You can see what is being said quite well, which is most often true (but not always).

What has gone missing from the paper is yellow, green, orange, and the shadings of light and dark and vital information may therefore not be available/expressed politically.

Thank you for your reply, for I can see where you are coming from.

In our stores, in our economy, in our social lives, we have a wonderful full color nation. Everywhere we look, we have a full color nation with red, blue, yellow and black ink, plenty and abundant.

But in our political center, we have just red and blue, and about 40% of the voters get nothing at all. Not at the Federal level, not at the State levels, not at the city and county levels. We are not as empowered as voters in democracies that have learned to paint with all the colors they want to paint with.

It is a good thing we cannot change the Federal elections, but we most certainly can change the State and local elections. Once we have political freedom at these other two levels, then the Federal level will end up getting an actual third party and an actual fourth party as well, again not changing the way we vote for the Federal level.

Thank you for your reply. Let me know if you agree or feel this is not delivered accurately enough.