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Mark Pocan: “And it gives us some of the benefits that you see maybe in…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan Discusses Progressive Politics and Fusion Voting with Working Families Party Leader

Published | Video Starts at 18:50

And then maybe we would have a different politics and bring down some of the. That doom loop that makes it this like, you know, you know, intense drive to the extremes. Yeah. And it gives us some of the benefits that you see maybe in Canada or other places that have multiple parties, but within a system that is, I think, pretty cemented that it's difficult to change. So therefore it, it does the best of both worlds. That's right. That's right. Yeah. I mean, you know, multi party is so fascinating to me. Right. (18:50–19:03)

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Asserts that a fusion voting system could provide benefits similar to those in countries with multiple parties, like Canada.

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