Should We Have More Than 2 Major Political Parties? | America From Scratch

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Should We Have More Than 2 Major Political Parties? | America From Scratch

We blame a lot of our political dysfunction and polarization on our two-party system. So why do we keep it around? How did we get here? And what would happen if we had a lot more major parties? Host Toussaint Morrison investigates as we continue our democratic thought experiment.

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