On August 24, www.dailykos.com said, “We live in a two-party system. People don’t want to vote for Republicans. The generic congressional ballot makes clear people want the alternative, the only alternative–Democrats.”

“Two-party system” was coined in 1911 to describe the British party system. All dictionaries and reference works that define the term, make it clear that a “two-party system” is one in which two particular parties are much bigger than all the others. It does not mean a system in which there are only two parties. This year, minor party or independent candidates will be on the ballot in all the 48 states that are holding statewide elections, with the certain exception of Alabama, the probable exception of Pennsylvania, and the possible exception of New Mexico.