Like Fred Hiatt, I watched Emmanuel Macron bust apart France's political-party system with envy, but I don't entertain the idea that an American third party can do the same ["How to blow up a two-party system," op-ed, Sept. 25].

Voters must understand that a country's political system is a direct consequence of how votes are used to determine who wins. The French election could have ended differently if France had used the U.S. voting system.

Bad voting systems lead to bad politicians. Fixing voting requires going beyond addressing political gerrymandering, party primaries and the electoral college. First-past-the-post voting (where the candidate with the most votes in a single round wins) needs to be eliminated.

Voters cannot expect any party to do this; elected officials benefit from bad voting systems . Activists must fight to make this a ballot initiative across states and get voters' support. Until this is done, third parties won't have a chance to make a difference in America.

Curtis Miller, West Jordan, Utah