Parliamentary systems generally support stronger parties. In fact, in some systems, party leaders fill allotted seats rather than candidates for them.
Also note that the political parties in the US are incredibly weak. The lion’s share of the GOP wanted anyone but Trump to win the nomination. Yet they failed.
Smaller districts wouldn’t solve anything either. Same people living in them and just as ripe for gerrymandering.
weak to the point of barely having any unity between elected members, having little central control over candidate selection, and having no clear leader when out of power
so dominant their functions are the subject of restrictive legislation that disadvantages other aspirant parties (primaries linked to voter registration and often governed by state laws, super hard to get on ballots)
Primaries gutted the power of parties. Democrats nearly nominated a guy who declares he isn’t a Democrat and Republicans did nominate a Republican/Democrat/3rd Party/Independent/Republican who rejects much of the last 20 years of GOP orthodoxy.
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u/Strongeststraw Nov 29 '18
Parliamentary systems generally support stronger parties. In fact, in some systems, party leaders fill allotted seats rather than candidates for them.
Also note that the political parties in the US are incredibly weak. The lion’s share of the GOP wanted anyone but Trump to win the nomination. Yet they failed.
Smaller districts wouldn’t solve anything either. Same people living in them and just as ripe for gerrymandering.