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   KW>While I see the minority parties siphoning votes from contending   
     >parties, I do see the benefits of a vibrant multi-party system. It would   
     >be great if there was a viable third party alternative. They'd probably   
     >need to occupy the center and leave the republicans and democrats at the   
     >fringes.   
      
   In Canada we have 3 main parties, the most popular 2 are Liberals and   
   Progressive Conservatives, which closely match your Democrats and   
   Republicans. But that third party, the NDP (National Democratic Party),   
   is more ultra Left, support the unions, want more money for poor people,   
   lower taxes for the middle class, better healthcare, higher pensions   
   and such, but they will never get elected because the only way they   
   could fund this is to either bankrupt the country in overspending and/or   
   by taxing the hell out of the rich, which is usually their main platform..   
      
   Much of their monetary support comes from the Unions..   
      
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