This is why the United States needs more viable, rather grassroots-based political parties, and why an American can never trust the outward intentions of the two parties' politicians.

https://reason.com/2026/02/27/dont-call-it-a-realignment/

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The case for #ProportionalRepresentation in the US, with good detail on parties and regions.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/14/opinion/fix-congress-proportional-representation.html

"As…Barbara F. Walter has observed, a majority of civil wars over the last century appear to have broken out in countries with winner-take-all systems [as opposed to proportional representation systems]. No democracy can survive long in the face of [current levels of] division and distrust. It’s hardly surprising, then, that more than two-thirds of Americans want to see major changes in our political system. Roughly the same proportion wish they had more than two parties to choose from. They’re right: Two parties competing in winner-take-all elections cannot reflect the diversity of 335 million Americans."

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Oh, Arizona.

https://news.azpm.org/p/newsheadlines/2023/3/8/215163-new-political-party-recognized-in-arizona/

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