From: smaill@SPAMinf.ed.ac.uk   
      
   Nicholas Benjamin  writes:   
      
   > On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 2:00:01 PM UTC-4, Alan Smaill wrote:   
   >> Nicholas Benjamin  writes:   
   >>   
   ...   
   >> > In the UK Parliamentary election, which is the one we are actually   
   >> > talking about, there are three parties and a guy from Dumfries. The   
   >> > three parties are Labour,. the LibDems, and the SNP. Thaty is a   
   >> > three-party system.   
   >>   
   >> Let's see Conservatives, LibDems, Labour, SNP --   
   >> that makes 4.  (the Conservatives got more votes in Scotland   
   >> than the LibDems;  Con, LibDem and Labour have 1 seat each.)   
   >> Not to mention that the UK parliament has Green and UKIP MPs (and NI   
   >> parties).   
   ...   
   > Question:   
   >   
   > Why do you think of of that affects the number of parties in the party   
   > system?   
      
   I have no idea what that means.   
      
   > The US has many many more then two parties. Most of them are elected   
   > at one level or another. It gets even more complicated when you get   
   > deep into the details (New York State pols, for example, are generally   
   > nominated by at least two separate parties; the Dem side alone has   
   > technically elected Senators under at least four different party   
   > labels in the past decade, etc.). It's still a two-party system   
   > because the WFP is not gonna get an official job anytime soon.   
      
   Of the parties currently represented from Scotland at Westminster, all   
   4 have or have had recently roles in government at UK or Scottish   
   level.   
      
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   > Nick   
      
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