@shallow-bluesaid So are France, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Belgium...
The problem in Italy is not the system, it's that for a short while it was run by hot-heads and dumb, Washington-centric Americans still believe in the stereotype. In reality, its last election was four years ago, and the one before that a similar distance. What is less stable in countries with ...[text shortened]... h countries have only ever gained successful new parties once or twice, and that decades ago.
I’m a big fan of P.R, FPTP is undemocratic and leads to a grinding two party system. Lots of scare stories thrown about the last time we had a vote on it. Claims it can lead to political inertia or minority parties pushing through minority policies. But most countries that use it seem to do ok.
I think any political system gets dysfunctional when the electorate are more or less equally situated at polar opposite ends of the spectrum.
@no1maraudersaid It's true impeachment is meant to be difficult and reserved for "Treason, Bribery and High Crimes and Misdemeanors". One Presidential impeachment trial failed by a single vote and Nixon would surely have been impeached and removed if he hadn't resigned.
Expulsion of a member of Congress is also possible though rare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_United_States_Congress
Those must have been the good old non partisan days, Clinton is a good example of it working, other than what he did is a nothing burger in political terms. The fact that trump could not be impeached twice because of partisan republicans is a blow to the whole concept.
Most people want a 3rd party POTUS
16 May '22 15:06
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