Ross Perot came the closest with 19% of the vote. Had he not done some stupid shit in the summer of that election ('92), I think he'd have done better. (Votes were 20% liberals, 27% conservatives, 53% moderates)
Ross Perot came the closest with 19% of the vote. Had he not done some stupid shit in the summer of that election ('92), I think he'd have done better. (Votes were 20% liberals, 27% conservatives, 53% moderates)
I, personally, think this pseudo 2 party system in US is weird AF.
IMO, US could use some variety there and moving to parliamentary democracy while at it.
Ranked choice. Which would require a bunch of states to sign up for it.
Remember:
Perot and HW were far closer to each other in ideology than either was to Clinton. Redo that election with a ranked choice system, and Bush gets re-elected.
I'm skeptical because what they determine to be fringe extremes could just mean they're basically just democrats or basically just republicans.
And the people who support either do so for very specific issues. With how things are in this country, I don't think you're going to sway the majority of any demographic because the idiots voted in atm have turned every aspect of life into a culture war and political spectacle.
But I understand the sentiment of wanting to lionize both parties' support to force everything to hard reset. If they can do it, I welcome it in the end. We do need change.
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You don't. The system in place basically forces a two party system. All a third party does is essentially syphon votes off one of the two parties in which they are more closely aligned with allowing the party they are further away from win.
After a while they either become a nothing party like the US greens or they take over as one of the big two parties. Like the Republicans basically replaced the whig party.
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Norway isn't in the Western Hemisphere, but it doesn't really matter because the USA and Norway already operate based on a similar system with similar policies. The USA is far from being a pure capitalist state like some people believe, and Norway is far from being a socialist state with socialized means of production. The two countries aren't as different as you're (probably) thinking.
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Could be a way to split the democrat vote and allow Trump or DeSantis to win.
We need third parties, but for now we need to work within the current system otherwise we risk letting fascism win.
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Or... it's the typical libertarian shtick of dismissing a relevant opposing point.
Hmm..
No. You nailed it.
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