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Yes the voting systems of both the UK and US are broken because they're unrepresentative. Hillary Clinton in 2016 got about 3 million more votes than Trump did. In many countries that would have made her the president. But the anti-democratic electoral college system in the US meant that Trump was made president instead.
Electoral college isn't ideal, but the two party system is worse. It's just red vs blue. My team vs your team. It's false. Far better as in much of Europe, a sea of parties, coming and going, constantly compromising. That's a better reflection of real politics.