Not quite. rdancer's saying that the options people have to choose amongst/between are a consequence of how their votes are counted. Proportional representation tends toward a larger number of parties; first-past-the-post tends toward two. And "tends toward" can be read as "definitely leads to" in the case of fpp.
Think it through to the logical conclusion: What is a political party? How did it come to be what it is now? What happens when a political party loses popular support?
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Are you trying to say that people's political affiliations are a consequence of how their votes are counted?
Not quite. rdancer's saying that the options people have to choose amongst/between are a consequence of how their votes are counted. Proportional representation tends toward a larger number of parties; first-past-the-post tends toward two. And "tends toward" can be read as "definitely leads to" in the case of fpp.
Just because the party can't win elections doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Think it through to the logical conclusion: What is a political party? How did it come to be what it is now? What happens when a political party loses popular support?