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Re:I Saw the Hollowness Inside Andrew Yang’s New Third Party by nradov on Thursday September 14, 2023 @03:08PM (#37513374)
Sure, that's always the hope. But leaders in two existing dominant political parties have gotten pretty good at triangulation. As soon as a nascent third party starts gaining significant support, the existing parties co-opt pieces of that platform and the third party fades away. So, third parties can be temporarily effective in moving the political needle but they won't win major elections in our lifetimes.
Re:I Saw the Hollowness Inside Andrew Yang’s New Third Party by OkayPhysicist on Thursday September 14, 2023 @05:17PM (#37514981)
Breaking that is the entire point of ranked choice voting. If the existing parties co-opt that, then the party has succeeded.