Editing Two-party system (section)

==Advantages==
Some historians have suggested that two-party systems promote centrism and encourage political parties to find common positions which appeal to wide swaths of the electorate. It can lead to political stability,<ref name=Regis/>{{failed verification|date=March 2017}} which leads, in turn, to economic growth. Historian [[Patrick Allitt]] of the [[Teaching Company]] suggested that it is difficult to overestimate the long-term economic benefits of political stability. Sometimes two-party systems have been seen as preferable to multi-party systems because they are simpler to govern, with less fractiousness and greater harmony, since it discourages radical minor parties,<ref name=Regis/> while multi-party systems can sometimes lead to [[hung parliament]]s.<ref name=twsNovGh33>{{cite news
|title= What mean will we regress to?
|newspaper= The Economist
|quote= Certainly, there have been a whole lot of hung parliaments and slow-forming coalitions around the world lately. (Canada, Australia, Britain, the Netherlands, Iraq...)
|date= Oct 5, 2010
|url= https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/10/election_dynamics
|access-date= 2010-11-07
|archive-date= 2010-11-09
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101109201358/http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/10/election_dynamics
|url-status= live
}}</ref> [[Politics in Italy|Italy]], with a multi-party system, has had years of divisive politics since 2000, although analyst Silvia Aloisi suggested in 2008 that the nation may be moving closer to a two-party arrangement,<ref name=twsNovGc>{{cite news
|author= Silvia Aloisi
|title= Election pushes Italy towards two-party system
|work= Reuters
|quote= Italy's next parliament will have far fewer parties than the previous assembly, pushing the country closer to the two-party system that many commentators say is the only way to end years of political instability. ...
|date= Apr 15, 2008
|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1580537620080415
|access-date= 2010-11-07
|archive-date= 2020-10-02
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201002181318/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1580537620080415
|url-status= live
}}</ref> although this no longer seemed the case by the 2010s, which saw the rise of the [[Five Star Movement]] and [[Lega (political party)|Lega]]. The two-party system has generally been identified as simpler since there are fewer voting choices.<ref name=Regis/>