Re:Andrew Yang to launch a third party
by danrocks on Thursday September 09, 2021 @08:39PM
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Maybe there should be a strong third party precisely for the reason you're describing - could be disastrous for the Democrats. It could also be disastrous for the Republicans. My point being that, if a third party is sufficiently strong to cause significant damage to either of the two major parties, then said affected party would be fairly motivated to help bring about electoral reforms that we badly need.
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Re:Andrew Yang to launch a third party
by dane-pgp on Thursday September 09, 2021 @08:58PM
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This should be Yang's strategy. He should encourage Democrat voters to lend their support to his party in states where Democrats control the legislature, and Republicans to vote for his party in Republican run states. The threat would be that those legislatures have to enact a spoiler-free voting system before the next state elections or they would lose their majority.