Two-Party(+LTPs) State Needed for (More than) West Virginia??

Our system tilts too easily to single-party ruleat both the state and the national level, but it's more apparent at the state leveland it's a lot more apparent in stateslike West Virginiawith relatively high levels of povertythat help party machines get a fix on power.
From a recent editorial in W VA,"It would be difficult to find a state more thoroughly controlled by the Democrat Party than West Virginia. The party has dominated both houses of the Legislature for decades. Democrats hold a nearly two-to-one edge over Republicans in voter registrations.
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Democrat domination of state government has had several undesirable effects, among them control of the bureaucracy by party loyalists who can feel secure in their jobs whether they are doing them well or not.
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If there is a bottom line, it is this: Competition almost always improves the performance of those involved, in part because it makes them more accountable to their customers. In the case of politics, all West Virginians are, in effect, customers of the political establishment.

And for decades, there has been no real competition for power."

They need a two-party + system, not a different party in power and to get thatwhat they really need isAmerican forms of Proportional Representation so no party can dominate their state gov't and minority rights can be defended against the tyranny of the majority.dlw