[ivyleaguebrat]

And this is why, for better or worse, we will always have a two-party system.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

You could have numerous parties; if you also had run-off elections, until someone was elected with 50% + 1 votes.

[muawiyah]

The math behind results in a single-member district system with first past the post voting CONTROLS.

The voters cannot afford to have more than 2 parties.

Some have proposed two stage voting where you do a follow-up with the top three candidates from the first stage.

The theory is the "second most popular" might well be "the most popular" if all the outliers are given a shot at voting for a more popular candidate.

That's theory.