The Two-Party system and undemocracy.

Well. Its the day after the midterm elections and Illinois still doesn't have a governor-elect. Be it Pat Quinn, or Bill Brady, I am a dissatisfied voter. Rich Whitney, a Green Party candidate in this gubernatorial race, was excluded from most debates in the race. He received enough signatures to get on the ballot, and four years ago received nearly 13% of the vote. This time around he was not so fortunate (currently at 3% of the vote) likely because most voters cannot stand Bill Brady and thus had to make a conscious choice to vote for Quinn even if they believed in Whitney (or Scott Lee Cohen for that matter). Regardless of the reason for leftists voting Democrat or Green, no candidate should ever be excluded from the right to debate. If they are on the ballot, why deny them their right to argue with their opposed running mates? This is unfortunate and sad that our democracy has become so entrenched in the two-party system that a voter must choose between this, or that.

What kind of democracy lets voters simply say you have only two choices, so you must be satisfied with one? I have never been satisfied with an Illinois governor, both Republican and Democrat. Why can I not see a candidate I support debate these two? If we don't allow third-party candidates to debate, we will never introduce another party into the system. This isn't democracy at all. When has anyone really been satisfied with how Congress is doing? Really, its hard to say anyone has ever been fully satisfied. While this isn't pragmatic necessarily, its definitely more of a feasibility if only two opinions are heard. Often Congressmen vote along party lines, and if you don't agree with either party, then, well, you're out of luck. We need to start allowing these candidates to debate so we can stop being the last Western nation with only two legitimate political parties and turn into a more multilateral democracy where multiple voices are heard.