There's a problem with the lesser evil argument, which is that if you allow one party to morally blackmail you into voting for them simply because they're not quite as terrible as the other party, they'll be able to take your vote for granted. You completely abdicate any leverage you otherwise had, because the party you're closer to no longer has to win your vote.
True, but on the other hand, in a 2 party system each party has to appeal to the lowest common denominator. They cannot satisfy every group. They don't have to appeal to everyone but they also can't.
That's the advantage of a multi party parliamentary system. There you can actually have parties that appeal to most everyone. That's the theory at least. Europe shows us that they still manage to pervert that system in a multitude of ways.
There's a problem with the lesser evil argument, which is that if you allow one party to morally blackmail you into voting for them simply because they're not quite as terrible as the other party, they'll be able to take your vote for granted. You completely abdicate any leverage you otherwise had, because the party you're closer to no longer has to win your vote.
True, but on the other hand, in a 2 party system each party has to appeal to the lowest common denominator. They cannot satisfy every group. They don't have to appeal to everyone but they also can't.
That's the advantage of a multi party parliamentary system. There you can actually have parties that appeal to most everyone. That's the theory at least. Europe shows us that they still manage to pervert that system in a multitude of ways.