Wouldn’t the two-party system be ill-affected by abolishing the Electoral College?
Sure, but third parties deserve a voice too, especially when one considers the trend over the last few decades of more voters moving to the center and identifying better with independent candidates over one of the two parties. There is a theory that the rule of the country would be weaker if third party candidates were included because no one would be able to receive a high enough percentage of the votes that could transfer into legitimacy for the administration (but not with Instant Runoff Voting). We must remember that our country was founded without a party system and under great warning to avoid letting a party system develop. Nonetheless, two parties eventually emerged. Saying today that Electoral College reform would weaken our government by destabilizing the two parties is untrue. This is especially obvious when one considers that avoidance of reform simply to maintain two parties entertains neglect of emerging independent views and reflects a belief that the two existing partie
