HYPOTHETICAL FOUR-PARTY SYSTEM

[WalterWhite]

Imagine a reality where the United States developed a party system with four somewhat equally viable parties.

Assume a first-past-the-post voting system, which would mean (for this to work):

- All four of these parties would be somewhat viable in every state.
- These political factions hate each other to such a high degree that they would never form inter-party coalitions under any circumstance.

Assume the parties are as follows:

- DEMOCRATIC (economically left-wing, socially left-wing): This party is the most left-wing party. It supports a major expansion of the welfare state, major tax increases for the wealthy, protectionism, a Green New Deal, and increased government intervention in the economy; it also supports sweeping police reform, the decriminalization of drugs, strengthening LGBT rights, lax abortion laws, reparations, and decreased American involvement in foreign affairs.

- REFORM (economically left-wing, socially right-wing): This party mixes left-wing economics with right-wing social views. It supports a major expansion of the welfare state, major tax increases for the wealthy, protectionism, a Green New Deal, and increased government intervention in the economy; but it opposes sweeping police reform, the decriminalization of drugs, strengthening LGBT rights, lax abortion laws, reparations, and decreased American involvement in foreign affairs.

- LIBERTARIAN (economically right-wing, socially left-wing): This party mixes right-wing economics with left-wing social views. It opposes a major expansion of the welfare state, major tax increases for the wealthy, protectionism, a Green New Deal, and increased government intervention in the economy; but it supports sweeping police reform, the decriminalization of drugs, strengthening LGBT rights, lax abortion laws, reparations, and decreased American involvement in foreign affairs.

- REPUBLICAN (economically right-wing, socially right-wing): This party is the most right-wing party. It opposes a major expansion of the welfare state, major tax increases for the wealthy, protectionism, a Green New Deal, and increased government intervention in the economy; it also opposes sweeping police reform, the decriminalization of drugs, strengthening LGBT rights, lax abortion laws, reparations, and decreased American involvement in foreign affairs.

Given these descriptions, how would the electoral map look?

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- LIBERTARIAN (economically right-wing, socially left-wing): This party mixes right-wing economics with left-wing social views. It opposes a major expansion of the welfare state, major tax increases for the wealthy, protectionism, and increased government intervention in the economy; but it supports a Green New Deal, sweeping police reform, the decriminalization of drugs, strengthening LGBT rights, lax abortion laws, reparations, and decreased American involvement in foreign affairs.

I find your treatment of environmental issues as a "social" issue odd. It's difficult for me to imagine most philosophical Libertarians supporting this level of government intervention in the real economy, outside of maverick John Dule types.

[WalterWhite]

- LIBERTARIAN (economically right-wing, socially left-wing): This party mixes right-wing economics with left-wing social views. It opposes a major expansion of the welfare state, major tax increases for the wealthy, protectionism, and increased government intervention in the economy; but it supports a Green New Deal, sweeping police reform, the decriminalization of drugs, strengthening LGBT rights, lax abortion laws, reparations, and decreased American involvement in foreign affairs.

I find your treatment of environmental issues as a "social" issue odd. It's difficult for me to imagine most philosophical Libertarians supporting this level of government intervention in the real economy, outside of maverick John Dule types.

Fixed it