Patrick Bashan, CATO Institute, ngày 9 tháng 6 năm 2004, Do Electoral Systems Affect Government Size?, Accessed Aug. 12, 2013, "...The current system has many disadvantages, most notably its propensity to discriminate against minor parties operating outside the increasingly uncompetitive, cozy two-party system.... America's winner-takes-all electoral system may be the least bad option for those seeking to limit government involvement in the nation's economic life...."