Pamplin Media Group - Letters: Two-party system is too rigid for unaffiliated
February 10 2021 Our readers also believe Portland is ill but not dying, that the Oregon Cares Fund is a necessary lifeline, and more. In George Washington's farewell address, he warned of the dangers of political parties and their dangers of partisanship even when current political parties were being formed by founding fathers John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. But even with Washington's warning, America pursued establishing the majority two party system we have today. As an Oregon non-affiliated voter, it is basically impossible to run for political office with the requirement to collec...