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I've been thinking about a scenario in which Ross Perot is a bit more reflective and far-thinking, and as a result he decides to reform the electoral system in the United States, rather than run for president. Basically, my idea is that he tries to reform the "first past the post" system into a proportional system, and attempts to form a multiparty political system.

Of course, he still tries to promote his Reform Party, but as one of a multiparty system, rather than one of the "big two" parties. I'm imagining Perot taking the last bit of the 80s and all of the 90s to slowly break the two-party system.

Would he be successful in his attempt (especially if he could recruit other billionaires to help fund this electoral reform)? Would he get a lot of support? I'm imagining a push for a Constitutional Amendment changing electoral rules, and a lot of talk about how the old system worked with the Founders because the Founders didn't start out with political parties, but now that we have them, we're going to have to change things to allow the maximum amount of voices.

Or something like that, anyway.
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