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Duopoly: How the Republicrats Control the Electoral Process Kindle Edition

by Darryl W Perry (Author), Adam Kokesh (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition

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Duopoly presents the history of the electoralsystem in the United States and explores the very real barriers faced by potential independent and "third-party" political candidates. The bookhas been called a must read for "every Political Science student, everymember of Congress, and every state legislator in the country." Winner 2012 Non-fiction Book of the Year - LAVA
Finalist March 2012 Book of the Month - Freedom Book Club

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"[The] book is great." Richard Winger Ballot Access News

"[A] comprehensive examination of the ways inwhich... participation in the electoral process [is limited].I recommend this to anyone interested in learning how the politicalmonopoly arose and what we might do to open the process to newcandidates promoting the old idea of liberty both inside and outsidethe major parties."
Ron Paul

"A great primer on the evolution of the United States' political scenefrom a system that favored citizen-legislators to one that createsprofessional politicians... This book should be read by every PoliticalScience 101 student, every member of Congress and every statelegislator in the country."
Randall T. Hayes
Chair, BTP of Louisiana

"[A] comprehensive and historical analysis of how theAmerican system is rigged against voters and their rightful choices infavor of statist quo ante...All informed voters and freedom activists should have this informationat their fingertips when engaging the body politic."
Michael Seebeck
former Vice Chair, LP of California

"[P]resents the history of the electoral system...to explore thevery real barriers faced by potential independent and third-party candidates... [T]his illustration of how the system has beenmanipulated by and for the two-party system raises important questions,provides documented answers and proposes sensible solutions."
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Duopoly presents the history of the electoral system in theUnited States and explores the very real barriers faced by potentialindependent and "third-party" political candidates. Duopolyshows that the American system is rigged against voters and theirrightful choices in favor of a two-party duopoly controlled by theRepublican and Democratic parties, aka the Republicrats. The book hasbeen called a must read for "every Political Science 101 student, everymember of Congress, and every state legislator in the country."

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005UHMKHE
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Free Patriot Press (October 4, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 4, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1028 KB
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Darryl W. Perry has spent most of his adult life as an advocate & activist for peace and liberty.

Darryl is an award winning author and publisher, and a former host on the nationally syndicated talk show Free Talk Live.

Darryl W. Perry ran for President with a goal to run the most libertarian presidential campaign in history, to promote the ideas of liberty as boldly and as often as possible, and to give as many people as possible the chance to vote for an actual libertarian in November 2016. After the Libertarian National Convention - where he placed 4th for the LP Presidential nomination - Perry started a crowd-funded public-interest lobbyist firm!

Darryl served as Chair of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire from September 2016 until April 2018.

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Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2011

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You suspect that the political deck is stacked. There are signs. Debates are boring; parallel interviews exchange between the two parties. Your options on the ballot are sparse. And Republicans and Democrats seem to be the only ones getting elected.

Your suspicions are right. The system is rigged against the voters. And Darryl Perry tells you the story of how and why.

Perry goes back to remind us that we used to be able to bring our own ballot. That's not like today. Today, third parties need to dedicate half their campaign just to gathering signatures to get on the ballot. Perry explains how Democrats and Republicans write the laws in order to snuff out competition. These series of stories continue with topics on gerrymandering, campaign financing, and debates.

Finally, Perry offers solutions. Among these reform solutions is Approval Voting. Approval Voting is a single-winner voting system that lets voters choose as many candidates as they want (not a ranking system). The candidate with the most votes wins. It's immune to vote splitting, voters can always vote their favorite without wasting their vote, and even losers get a more accurate measure of support.

Perry also recommends proportional voting systems. Proportional systems give everyone the fair representation they deserve. Your group has 20% of the vote? You get 20% of the seats. Proportional voting is also immune to gerrymandering. Contrast that with our current system. We either have gerrymandered single-member districts or councils where minority voices are completely shut out.

The electronic version of Duopoly is $2. For that price, your decision should be easy. Having personally read dozens of books on political and voting theory, I easily count Perry's book among those most useful.

Those that enjoy this book will also appreciate:
- Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny
- No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates
- Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do About It)
- Real Choices / New Voices

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Robert E. Dally

A must read for those fed up with the corruption in politics.

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2012

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A well written book on the current system and why it is not working. If you are wondering why the 2 party system seems to ensure the PAC loving republicrates are so in love with it, wonder no more.

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Lily Moon

Short, sweet and to the point

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2012

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This book is very informative as to why we don't have many 3rd party candidates elected. He also details possible solutions to this two party monopoly.

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Mick

Informative and readable

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2011

Perry's latest work is a somewhat rare find in today's liberty-oriented literature, an easy to read, well researched argument that presents information that will be genuinely fresh to most readers. All of his points are well made and backed up with factual information; the Kindle version of the book is very well formatted, with easy and convenient access to all of the notations.

Duopoly is a must read for anybody interested in a political alternative to the two-party system, or for anybody who still believes that our current system is truly representative of the majority of Americans. This reviewer looks forward to further works from Mr. Perry.

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