Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high

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Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high

TheO-LineMatters
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02-16-2021, 03:21 PM

(02-16-2021, 11:19 AM)mikesez Wrote:
(02-16-2021, 09:26 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: When was the last time we had a successful 3rd party? 1860?

Not a place we want to go back to.
The Republican party was the "third" party in 1856.
Between 1856 and 1860, though, the Whigs died (the Constitutional Union party emerged from their remains) and the Democrats split in two.
That left the Republicans as the strongest remaining party.
If a party is actually dying, a third party can replace it.
I don't think that will happen again anytime soon.
The national presidential primary process that our two parties have, is free advertising for them. It takes months and months and culminates in a convention. It'ss pretty much impossible for a new party to imitate.

I wouldn't mind killing the Democratic or Republican party, as long as we replaced it with something better. That shouldn't be too hard in either case.

Messages In This Thread

Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by The Drifter - 02-15-2021, 07:03 PM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by mikesez - 02-15-2021, 08:29 PM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by Sneakers - 02-15-2021, 09:31 PM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by mikesez - 02-15-2021, 09:43 PM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by TheO-LineMatters - 02-15-2021, 09:41 PM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by JaguarKick - 02-16-2021, 03:12 AM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by mikesez - 02-16-2021, 08:12 AM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by flsprtsgod - 02-16-2021, 11:22 AM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by mikesez - 02-16-2021, 11:30 AM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by The Real Marty - 02-16-2021, 09:26 AM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by mikesez - 02-16-2021, 11:19 AM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by TheO-LineMatters - 02-16-2021, 03:21 PM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by mikesez - 02-16-2021, 05:46 PM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by StroudCrowd1 - 02-16-2021, 09:40 AM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by homebiscuit - 02-16-2021, 09:50 AM

RE: Support for brand-new, viable third party hits all-time high - by Lucky2Last - 02-16-2021, 11:28 AM

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