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Q: What are the main arguments by proponents of the American two party system as opposed to a multi-party system in other federated countries like for example Germany?
Note: The answers in the question linked below, talk mostly about how the current system is preferential to a two party system, and not so much about the arguments for keeping it / against changing it.
The strongest argument can be put different ways, but it is really just one:
Fear of change / Never change a running system / The inability to absolutely guarantee the new system will quickly settle into a balanced and stable multi party system.
After that, what makes things complicated is that there isn't simply "the multi-party system" and "the two-party system" - once you start talking about a specific system, the arguments will get more specific and be aimed at the weak points of that specific system.
For example, first past the post's 1 rep per district system has very good local resolution - you get 1 rep, presumably living in your presumably small district, that you get to vote on. Some multi-party systems (e.g. Germany's) address this, others don't.
