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Are you talking about in the U.S.? If you are, it's the FPTP electoral system. Because there are single member districts in the United States where the winner takes all, two major parties are likely to occur because many people are looking for a more moderate or centrist party. If proportional representation is used, third parties can thrive as they can earn seats in the government if they can get a small threshold of about 5% of the total votes.

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