SID SALTER: Two-party system will be tested by 2016 ballots
As we watch the 2016 primaries evolve in the U.S., the fact is that an avowed Socialist in Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is giving the traditional Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fits.
And on the Republican side, a billionaire reality TV star blew both establishment Republicans and Tea Party favorites out of the race as Donald Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee.
So the question remains, can our traditional two-party system survive in a political environment where division – even in the two historically dominant political parties that enjoy an electoral structure, according to Duverger’s Law, that should nurture and protect a two-party system?
Daily Journal
5/16/16
Magnolia Tribune
