Fuzzy Bear
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« on: October 17, 2016, 12:27:09 PM » |
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Ultimately, it will fail.
Third parties fail because of the "winner-take-all" system in American elections. In places like Israel, where there is proportional representation in the Knesset, there is motivation for a voter to choose a minor party; they can join governing coalitions, become influential committee chairpersons, etc, even with only a few members of the Knesset, if they can be pivotal in a governing coalition. Here, though, the most a third party can do is influence the major party it's most like.
The GOP itself needs to be honest with the fact that a large swath of its base is NOT "small government" folks. They are folks who want government to do for working people the sorts of things that establish and maintain a middle class society. The GOP was at its best when it was about this.
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