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Originally Posted by Penguin
@Gammel: here is the scientific explanation about the American two-party-system:
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Unfortunately it's not very accurate. For example:
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...which we call “primaries”. Here only Republicans vote to determine their candidate, and Democrats vote separately to determine their candidate.
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In most states anyone can register as a Republican or Democrat and vote in their primary then turn right around and vote for the opposition candidate in the general election.
As a matter of fact in such states as Massachusetts and Rhode Island I have seen organized attempts to influence primary outcomes by having large numbers of ones own supporters vote in the opponents primary for the weakest, most easily beatable candidate. They're pretty successful too.