In an electoral system which has been built on single step majority voting, there is a tendency to end up with rather polarized elections. The USA has majority voting in both houses and a polarized, dyadic, either Democrat (blue) or Republican (red) candidate’s choice. As there are no other major political, there is definitely a majority and a minority, but other political ideas do not gain any visibility or significant influence in this electoral system. The amount of non-voters is a critical mass which can be difficult to interest in such simplified dual choices. Moving from a kind of black or white, blue or red voting system to a more colorful spectrum of votes and coalition building has the advantage to allow a broader choice candidates and less back and forth polarization. More polarized elections, where parties try to win more votes on the more extreme ends of the political spectrum bear the risk to split societies more and more. In the long run electoral systems should be build to bring societies together rather than to deepen splits. Moving beyond binary choices has certain advantages.
