Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63%

Re:Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63% by ceejayoz on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:00AM (#37857266)

If a Ross Perot-style challenger appears on one side of the political spectrum, the other side's prospective fourth party has very good reason to sit down and shut up that election.

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Re:Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63% by sandworm101 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:03AM (#37857304)

Well, that wouldn't be a true multi-party system. That would be two parties (left and right) each putting forward multiple candidates until false presences. A proper party wouldn't back down like that because they would not be so influenced by the others.

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Re:Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63% by lazide on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:07AM (#37857372)

Welcome to the United States.

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Re:Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63% by NoGravitas on Thursday October 12, 2023 @01:48PM (#37860431)

Hell, we don't even have a true two party system.

"The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them." - Julius Nyerere

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Re:Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63% by GartzenDeHaes on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:17AM (#37857508)

- John Anderson torpedoed Carter

- Ralph Nader and Al Gore

- Ross Perot got Bush I

- Third party candidates received around 6 million votes in 2016

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Re:Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63% by ceejayoz on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:38AM (#37857801)

Each of these are examples of what I'm saying; in a particular election, one side gets a significant third-party candidate, and the other side does not, because it's not in their interest to kick themselves in the 'nads.

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