aubiefifty 18,231 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 i get the need for a third party but they need a really strong candidate and all i have seen are mostly crazies which hurts whatever they might bring to the table. so what needs to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,845 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 1 hour ago, aubiefifty said: i get the need for a third party but they need a really strong candidate and all i have seen are mostly crazies which hurts whatever they might bring to the table. so what needs to happen? Our system won't support a third party. It will always coalesce around two dominant ones should one gain traction. It will simply displace one of the existing ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,899 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 A third party will happen one day. The indies are not irrelevant. They sway the election almost every year. No party in America today is more than 35-40% and losing supporters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,845 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 On 11/26/2020 at 7:54 PM, DKW 86 said: A third party will happen one day. The indies are not irrelevant. They sway the election almost every year. No party in America today is more than 35-40% and losing supporters. It won't. Eventually you'll have nu-dems or nu-repubs. This is the system we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,899 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 14 minutes ago, AUDub said: It won't. Eventually you'll have nu-dems or nu-repubs. This is the system we have. I might have to check out this nudems party. Actually think I am at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,845 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 36 minutes ago, DKW 86 said: I might have to check out this nudems party. Actually think I am at the moment. It won't matter. Same thing with a different label eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 21,241 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 On 11/26/2020 at 10:02 AM, aubiefifty said: i get the need for a third party but they need a really strong candidate and all i have seen are mostly crazies which hurts whatever they might bring to the table. so what needs to happen? Truthfully, I think our system is simply designed to entrench two sides and no more. To get to a viable third party it would take a fundamental restructuring of how we do elections. Things like ranked choice would need to become the norm. We'd have to move toward a parliamentary model for Congress. The end result would be not just third party but probably a half dozen parties getting votes and then forming coalitions. It's just not realistic that any of these things would happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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