I think that’s almost an inevitable mathematical difference between a two party system and multi party systems with n > 2.
The hardened center of a party won’t abandon their guy at the head of the executive, so they form the floor for the approval rating. In a party ostensibly representing half the people, that hardened center will be large, and is apparently 35% large for the Republicans.
In comparison France has 8 relevant parties, Germany has 6 relevant parties (or 5 if we combine the Union, which is mostly just separated into Bayern/not-Bayern but otherwise the same). So their hardened centers will also be much smaller.
I don’t really have much hope for the US system, this concentration of power with constant internal stalemating will eventually kill them. But the incumbent parties don’t want to change the voting system. So there is no way out.
I think that’s almost an inevitable mathematical difference between a two party system and multi party systems with n > 2.
The hardened center of a party won’t abandon their guy at the head of the executive, so they form the floor for the approval rating. In a party ostensibly representing half the people, that hardened center will be large, and is apparently 35% large for the Republicans.
In comparison France has 8 relevant parties, Germany has 6 relevant parties (or 5 if we combine the Union, which is mostly just separated into Bayern/not-Bayern but otherwise the same). So their hardened centers will also be much smaller.
I don’t really have much hope for the US system, this concentration of power with constant internal stalemating will eventually kill them. But the incumbent parties don’t want to change the voting system. So there is no way out.