duverger’s law doesn’t say fptp causes a two party system to emerge, and if it did, it would be easy to disprove by pointing at any fptp system with more than two parties.
Duverger’s law holds that in political systems with single-member districts and the first-past-the-post voting system, as in, for example, the United States and United Kingdom, only two powerful political parties tend to control power.
Point to a single member district, FPTP system with more than two parties that hold any significant number of seats.
more than two parties that hold any significant number of seats.
duverger’s law doesn’t say anything about a significant number of seats. you’re setting up a no true scotsman, but i know of a half a dozen places that fit your demands. if you don’t, it’s likely because you havent even looked.
Care to provide any reasoning besides “Nuh-uh”?
I’ve provided exactly as much evidence as you
When did you provide a well-established and consistently observed political science phenomenon?
duverger’s law doesn’t say fptp causes a two party system to emerge, and if it did, it would be easy to disprove by pointing at any fptp system with more than two parties.
Point to a single member district, FPTP system with more than two parties that hold any significant number of seats.
duverger’s law doesn’t say anything about a significant number of seats. you’re setting up a no true scotsman, but i know of a half a dozen places that fit your demands. if you don’t, it’s likely because you havent even looked.
That’s what “tend to control power” means. 1-2% of representatives being third party does not negate the overall trend.
If you can’t provide an example, why are you bothering?
oh? so duverger defined it?
I can but you’re showing your ignorance by asserting they don’t exist
If that was the case, you would have done so by now. You’re just being pointlessly contrarian and I’ve lost patience for it.