RE: My idea for a progressive 3rd party
February 15, 2017 at 11:45 am
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2017 at 11:47 am by Won2blv.)
(February 15, 2017 at 5:10 am)ReptilianPeon Wrote: Won2blv, why not just join the Green Party? Why start a whole new party? I always vote for the Green candidate where I live.
Because I don't want to be part of an advocacy party. The GOP almost split off into a 3rd party after Obama was elected. They were prudent enough to just accept the crazies, thinking they could reign them in. It would take years for a 3rd party to rise to a point of being powerful enough to make policy. So the only way that a 3rd party could have an immediately power is if one the 2 current ones dissolved
(February 15, 2017 at 1:25 am)It_Was_me Wrote: This is the problem. People want parties to be in charge when it should really be the one's who have the people's best interests in mind. I've always said we should get rid of the party system and everyone should run as an Independent. This way people would be forced to research that candidate.
The problem is that everyday people are just not going to pay attention to each individual candidate. More dark money would flow into politics and the candidates that are just good marketers, like Trump, will win
