[Vision2020] In U.S., Perceived Need for Third Party Reaches New High

[Paul Rumelhart]

I think we need more choices.  I find it hard to believe that every Republican and every Democrat agrees 100% with everything their party does or fails to do.

Take the NSA spying revelations.  I've met a few NSA apologists, but most of the people I've talked to are resoundingly negative towards the NSA on this.  Which current party is going to take that up?  Only third party candidates talk about anything civil liberties related.  I've been following the Libertarian Party because I agree with a lot of their platform, but I don't agree with all of it.  I think we as voters need to be able to compromise as well.  If we had more choices, we could make better decisions.

For example, I find nothing in your list of platform planks that I couldn't vote for.  Sure, if we've got 50 parties on the ballot, we'll get nowhere.  But if there were only three others, such as Independent, Libertarian, and Green, then we would have a chance.

To get there, though, I think we need to start from the bottom up.  Start electing more third party candidates to city councils and mayor's positions, and then start working on the state level.   That's just my opinion, though, I'm not a political scientist by any means.

Paul





On Friday, October 11, 2013 10:59 AM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com> wrote:
 
I don't see a third party as being viable due to lack of a cohesive constituency.  Presently the lines essentially break down into rural (conservative) and urban (liberal).  Beyond that, everyone has their own unique idea of what the supposed 'perfect' third party platform would entail.  Mine would be heavily slanted toward individual protections chief amongst them freedom of speech, religion, gun ownership, reproductive rights, education, and healthcare to name a few.  I'd be against most restrictions on individuals and in favor of regulations to force level playing fields and responsibility on organizations.

-Scott



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From: thansen at moscow.com
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:25:55 -0700
To: godshatter at yahoo.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] In U.S.,	Perceived Need for Third Party Reaches New High


The only thing preventing the development of a credibly effective third party is $$$$$.

A in-the-making third-party can possess every imaginable ethically humane purpose explained in tear-jerking detail within its platform.  However, if it lacks sufficient $, their platform will amount to nothing more than office chatter.


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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon

 


On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:18 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:


From gallup.com (http://www.gallup.com/poll/165392/perceived-need-third-party-reaches-new-high.aspx)
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>In U.S., Perceived Need for Third Party Reaches New HighTwenty-six percent believe Democratic and Republican parties do adequate job
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>by Jeffrey M. Jones
>This article is part of an ongoing series analyzing how the government shutdown and the debate over raising the debt 
ceiling are affecting Americans' views of government, government 
leaders, political parties, the economy, and the country in general.
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>PRINCETON, NJ -- Amid the government shutdown, 60% of Americans say 
the Democratic and Republicans parties do such a poor job of 
representing the American people that a third major party is needed. 
That is the highest Gallup has measured in the 10-year history of this 
question. A new low of 26% believe the two major parties adequately 
represent Americans.
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>Read more and view charts at the link above.
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>Paul
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