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[B402]

The good news is that nothing in the Constitution requires a two-party system, and nothing requires the country to hold simple plurality elections

America is Now the Divided Republic the Framers Feared

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/two-party-system-broke-constitution/604213/


The United States Constitution is silent on the subject of political parties. The Founding Fathers did not originally intend for American politics to be partisan. In Federalist Papers No. 9 and No. 10, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, respectively, wrote specifically about the dangers of domestic political factions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States

Careful where ya step ;)

[fuagf]

"...and let those that wish to be elected be elected based on their ideas"

Could even have 20 elected from one small town, eh.

First Party System: 1792–1824
Main article: First Party System
The First Party System of the United States featured the "Federalist Party" and the "Anti-federalist Party"
(which became known as the "Democratic-Republican Party" and was sometimes called "Jeffersonian Republican").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States#First_Party_System:_1792%E2%80%931824