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Campaign finance is something that I always see people up in arms about and I liken it to treating symptoms not the illness.

The USA needs constitutional reform.

There is a reason why we have a two party system. The USA has an outdated(we're the oldest constitutional republic) system called Single Member District representation, or SMD. SMD is a winner take all platform, one candidate receiving 51% of the vote, gets 100% of the power.

In more modern constitutional states, Sweden for example, they employ Multi-Member District representation, or MMD. This system allows for multiple parties. Ex. If one constituent gets 51% of the vote, one gets 24%, and the other gets 25%, they proportionally are represented in congress. So, two seats for the one with 50%, and one seat each for the two with 25% and 24% respectively.

Boom. Two party system demolished.

In Sweden, as little as 5% of the vote gets you a seat in parliament. I don't even think I need to link a chart demonstrating the positive effects this has on society(Sweden enjoys some of the most robust liberties and freedoms of all political systems).

These talks about campaign finance, they are a distraction, in my opinion, treating the symptoms and not looking for an actual cure. If the USA really wants to improve their government, and their country, we need Constitutional Reform.