(November 11, 2016 at 10:00 pm)Tonus Wrote:(November 11, 2016 at 9:28 pm)Jesster Wrote: I think I actually agree with you on this point. While I would love for a third party candidate to be taken seriously, it won't happen any time soon. They need to gain a larger presence in congress and other small offices first. That really should be their focus, and I don't see much of that happening. Once they do that, I would love to jump on one of their party buses.
The two main parties in the USA cover just about every issue and even package them to some degree. The political polarization of today means that any third party will be seen as attempting to splinter off from one of those parties. They will be attacked by the 'parent' organization for weakening its national efforts, and they will be easy targets for the opposition party, which might help them in order to hurt their main opposition or attack them because their platform is so narrow.
It could happen if one particular issue became really big and a third approach to dealing with it was viable. I don't know if we'll see a situation like that anytime soon.
Too true. This is exactly why they need to start at the bottom and work their way up. They have no chance in the big leagues right now. They will only ever change how they are addressed by making an actual reputable name for themselves first.
