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- tommyo0
^^ I think (hope) you'll see more strides made in establishing a viable 3rd party. There are a few factors that I think will make this a possibility in the not so distant future.
1. People are becoming more and more disillusioned with the direction of 'their party.' This goes double for the Republicans, however I think we're going to see a similar exodus from the Democrat rank and file over the next 4 years.
2. Politics are finally figuring out the power of the internet. Just look at what Ron Paul did when he received almost zero mainstream coverage. Obama used the internet to his advantage in a big way as well.
3. The bullshit notion that 'voting 3rd party is throwing away your vote' that the major parties and their media outlets perpetuate is utter crap. This is the biggest hurdle in my opinion. This sort of thinking keeps money and viable potential candidates away from the 3rd parties. The simple fact is that all a 3rd party candidate needs to win is votes, just the same as the Democrat candidate, just the same as the Republican candidate.
- but for 200+ years we've been a two party system more then we've been a multi-party system.TheBlueOne
- The last 200 years we didn't have the kind of access to information that we have now. Couple that with politicaltommyo
- unrest and to me that spells opportunity for people to ditch tradition and search for different solutions.tommyo