Re:Andrew Yang to launch a third party
by dragonwriter on Thursday September 09, 2021 @08:39PM
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> However a third party could be disastrous for the democrats,
The US has several hundred political parties. New ones rarely move the needle on national campaigns even on the margins, and the exceptions invariably are founded by candidates that made major marks in recent-prior national campaigns as an independent without a party apparatus energizing their nee party drive, and still underperform the founder’s independent campaign before fading into irrelevance.
Yang might launch an Nth party, but it’ll make less difference in 2024 than Kanye West did in 2020. to
> A third party could be really beneficial in some areas where democrats dominate everything.
In a number of those places, nationally-minor parties (e.g., Greens) already outperform Republicans (and in some, they dominate local offices, though Democrats tend to win the State/Federal ones.)
The US has several hundred political parties. New ones rarely move the needle on national campaigns even on the margins, and the exceptions invariably are founded by candidates that made major marks in recent-prior national campaigns as an independent without a party apparatus energizing their nee party drive, and still underperform the founder’s independent campaign before fading into irrelevance.
Yang might launch an Nth party, but it’ll make less difference in 2024 than Kanye West did in 2020. to
> A third party could be really beneficial in some areas where democrats dominate everything.
In a number of those places, nationally-minor parties (e.g., Greens) already outperform Republicans (and in some, they dominate local offices, though Democrats tend to win the State/Federal ones.)