>The basic form of the idea is that you will be represented, but if you are not in the majority, you will not be represented as the majority, and if you are the majority, you will not be represented as the entireity.

One major hurdle (that I think would go a long way towards "fixing" things), is getting people over the stupid idea that voting for a third party candidate is "wasting" your vote. Yeah, it's a much better idea to waste it by voting for the lesser of two evils.