That's my concern with a third party. I think it would end up something where the Dems get 40%, new party gets 35%, Republicans get 25%, and Dems win every time. There's not enough Democrat voters to be swayed to a third party to help anything. It's not like any of their platforms were a secret and a bunch of people support them anyway.
I remember reading last year that more than 50% of Americans identified as neither Republican nor Democrat. Which puts the un-partied as the largest portion of the the public.
The problem is with party money. What 3rd party candidate can raise a billion dollars to run for office?
I remember reading last year that more than 50% of Americans identified as neither Republican nor Democrat
They still vote on party lines, they just don't want their name officially listed. Almost every Republican I know doesn't identity themselves as such outside their voting habits.
What if everyone stops voting? It's hard to maintain legitimacy through consent of the governed when a landside is reported, but nobody knows anyone who bothered voting.
I don't know. Maybe effective, but should it be across the board? Maybe federal elections, but putting states and cities that are Republican controlled into the hands of Democrats as part of a boycott seems like it could go brutally wrong.
Other than being slightly slower to implement progressive policy, how are the republicucks different from the dims? Is the appearance of opposition desirable compared to salient power?
That's my concern with a third party. I think it would end up something where the Dems get 40%, new party gets 35%, Republicans get 25%, and Dems win every time. There's not enough Democrat voters to be swayed to a third party to help anything. It's not like any of their platforms were a secret and a bunch of people support them anyway.
I remember reading last year that more than 50% of Americans identified as neither Republican nor Democrat. Which puts the un-partied as the largest portion of the the public.
The problem is with party money. What 3rd party candidate can raise a billion dollars to run for office?
Trump
Something tells me these are communists.
They still vote on party lines, they just don't want their name officially listed. Almost every Republican I know doesn't identity themselves as such outside their voting habits.
What if everyone stops voting? It's hard to maintain legitimacy through consent of the governed when a landside is reported, but nobody knows anyone who bothered voting.
I don't know. Maybe effective, but should it be across the board? Maybe federal elections, but putting states and cities that are Republican controlled into the hands of Democrats as part of a boycott seems like it could go brutally wrong.
Other than being slightly slower to implement progressive policy, how are the republicucks different from the dims? Is the appearance of opposition desirable compared to salient power?