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You think we are going to get a viable 3rd party candidate in 2012?
We need it so bad.
No matter how you break it down, or whose numbers you care to adhere to, a growing number of Americans are leaving their Republican or Democrat tags to declare themselves independent. Most figures hover at approximately 40%.
Two-party dominance isn't working anymore, if it ever really did. The swing from Republican to Democratic control in Washington merely serves to further polarize hard-line subservience to one "base' or another, leaving the un-served 40% adrift and frustrated.
If ever there was a time for a serious third-party organization, it is now.
Logjam confrontations between the radical right and liberal left isolates conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans, leaving no room under the closed umbrella for authentic bipartisanism. Majority and minority leaders in both parties demand a more and more isolationist party-line rationale, firing up their respective bases and hoping for, depending upon electoral majority the next time around, while the nation suffers the consequences. Bipartisan government is, increasingly, a sham and a fraud. You are not well represented by it, nor am I. Our two-party system is a staggering, tired horse.
The answer, I suggest, is a move toward coalition politics rather than bipartisan confrontation. Coalition is, by definition, "an organization of people involved in a pact or treaty' and neither liberal Republicans nor conservative Democrats are able to serve in this capacity, due to fear of retaliation from their majority-minority whips or ideological base.
Only a viable third party will suffice, one that truly represents the 40% of Americans who have become, essentially, a "swing constituency.'
I am going to vote 3rd party no matter what. I don't care if my vote is wasted. I can't stand both parties they are killing America so I refuse to vote for them.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
If you vote 3rd party it's not a wasted vote. It's YOUR vote, made with a clean conscience, for the candidate you think best represents your values.
Anyone telling you that it's " wasted " is simply spouting partisan nonsense. They use the " lesser of two evils " analogy.
Why should you even consider voting for " evil " ?
- x xLv 61 decade ago
The system will not allow it.
If there were 100 third party Rep in congress the Rs and the Ds would get together to elect a speaker who was not a third party person.
Then the Rs and the Ds would not let any 3rd party person head a committee. They would freeze them out of any position of power or influence.
Source(s): Son the fix is in and we are the suckers. - Anonymous1 decade ago
Sadly, No.
As an aside, the roughly 40% of folks who claim "independence" have to fund the Democratic and Republican primaries, as we are not allowed to vote in primaries, and yet they are publicly funded.
Independents also pay for many other partisan, political activities for the donkeys and elephants...
- Whig PartyLv 61 decade ago
If we did it would split votes depending on the political alignment of the candidate. A leftist would split the Democrat vote(example, if Hillary decided to run) but a rightist would split the Republican vote. It wouldn't hurt the other party and would allow for an easy victory.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
The next two largest political parties suck.
The Constitution Party is a fascist and ultra-religious political party.
The Libertarian Party believes that social security medicaid/medicare, public schools, food stamps, road/infrastructure maintenance, pretty much everything except the military should be cut from the federal budget.
How about just voting for an independent?
- James KLv 61 decade ago
depends on the economy. palin will probably run, which will kill us neo-cons, then you got the guy in new york, what's his name? if obama's numbers are bad and he thinks he can win, he might take a stab at it. rich guy in new york? he could be a viable 3rd party guy.
i see it as an obama vs romney battle. romnay is a mormon though. a lot of the hard core right won't vote for him because of that.
i like haley barber out of mississippi. the guy from wisconsin is cool too. too close to call at this time.
don't hate me BUT i wish bush the 3rd would run. he's the best of the bunch! he's got my vote if he wants it.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
There will be never a viable 3rd party candidate as long as we have winner takes all system.
Only in run-off systems of elections there can be more than 2 viable candidates.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
We need an anti party who is against all other party's and for freedom who will abolish all laws and limit government from creating new laws
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Most americans are to stupid to vote for someone in a 3rd party
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Nope, not going to happen. Either Democrat or Republican or you are wasting your time and money.
