I think it would be great if the USA reformed its political system the way many other democracys have, to allow multi-party involvement. No vote should be wasted.
Imagine how much better off we'd be if all the economic conservatives could vote for smaller government without simultaneously proping up the religious right!
I have been researching New Zealands political system, supposedly modeled off Germanys (tho I have not read much of about theirs). Here's a link to their official explaination:
http://www.elections.org.nz/election...ovt_elect.html
"Parliamentarians are elected under a mixed-member proportional representation system. In the most recent general elections, held in July 2002, the Labor Party won 52 of 120 parliamentary seats and formed a minority government with the Progressive Coalition Party (2 seats), with support from the centrist United Future Party (8 seats); Helen Clark remained Prime Minister. The Labor Party also had a cooperation agreement with the Green Party (9 seats). Three other political parties were represented in Parliament: The National Party (27 seats), New Zealand First (13 seats), and the ACT party (8 seats)."