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"The use of the single - member plurality means that the USA and the UK will always have a two-party system." Discuss.
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"The use of the single - member plurality means that the USA and the UK will always have a two-party system." Discuss. (50 Marks) The conventional view of both American and British politics suggests that they are both dominated by a two - party system. In many ways this is undeniably true, nevertheless there are competing theories of British party politics and the American system. One factor, with regard to the British system, is that we now experience single - party dominance and will do for the foreseeable future. Another is that the UK is a multiparty state in reality, but that various aspects inhibit this reality. Concerning the American system is that there is a desire for more than two parties, as the social, ethnic and regional diversity of Americans suggests, but due to mechanical impediments these cannot also be borne out. It must be noted that a two-party system...
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