nanafabulous personjesus Posted:

Correlation does not equal causation.

Fixing crime will not be as simple as having more parties.

Fully agreed on that point.

To answer the question, I’d argue that having more than two parties in the mix does not make a government inherently more democratic. There are at least a dozen prerequisites that most political scientists would agree a government must meet in order to be considered democratic… but that’s basically the political science nerd in me talking.

I agree that the “winner takes all” method of appointing elected officials sucks, and proportional representation would be more representative of the actual voice of the electorate.