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Shouldn't all candidates be independents representing their region, who then vote in the senate etc. and do whatever the f they want?

So then why do we have political parties? Am i naive or missing something?

Shouldn't all candidates be independents representing their region, who then vote in the senate etc. and do whatever the f they want? So then why do we have political parties? Am i naive or missing something?

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The Constitution is a winner-take-all system. It is not a parlimentary system with a low limit to get seats. Instead the biggest winner takes ALL. Hence grouping up into parties is mandatory. Those parties will combine and combine forever until there is only 2. It is a 'feature' of the system, hard coded into it.

edit:What a bunch of fucking idiots in this thread. How the fuck can I be the only person left on earth who knows this?

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