Barracuda2020 wrote:
I think if there were three candidates it might be a more realistic with a non polarized competition that may reflect the people's choice better. Maybe there should be four, because if the third party leans more to the right or left, it splits the ticket and does leave the opposing side likely to win, which is exactly how Trump got his footing, but just two party's has left us very divided and easy to propagandize the other side which may very well come from outside sources infiltrated here. I feel certain of that right here on OPP.
I think you got him, lol right on point.
I think if there were three candidates it might be... (
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It would be far better if there were no parties whatsoever. The only real issue I take with the no party system, it would make my task that much more involved... Right now, when it comes to the p**********l ticket, I only really need to look into two candidates, since third parties fare so poorly on p**********l e******ns that I don't typically v**e for them unless they really grab my attention.
The one flaw in your theory, the one suggesting 4 parties rather than three having it out, have you noticed that both the Libertarian party and the Independent party are both conservative. If the p**********l ticket carried a Democrat, a Republican, a Libertarian and an Independent, the Independent party, not just an unaffiliated candidate, the conservative side would be split three ways and the liberal ticket would be a run away with only one liberal candidate. Of course there IS the Green party, it is predominately if not solely liberal. Of course with the increasingly long list of dirty tricks the Republicans use to try to win e******ns, gerrymandering, v**er suppression (purging legitimate v**ers from the v**er rolls in liberal leaning locales, right before an e******n, closing polling places/restricting and limiting the hours of polling places in liberal leaning locales and utilizing intimidation tactics at polling places in liberal leaning locales), challenging legitimate b****ts at polling places, v**e harvesting, running a v**e siphoning candidate (used in 2020, the Republican party worked VERY hard to get Kanye West on the b****t, as an Independent party candidate, in as many states as possible, primarily in the swing states and primarily in locales with a substantial black v**er population) and to an inconsequential extent, illegally attempting to v**e more than once and/or casting a v**e in the name of a recently deceased, registered v**er, loved one, I wouldn't much care if the conservatives WERE to shoot themselves in the foot by over-populating the conservative side of the ticket. While the v***r f***d tactic utilized by Republicans that wanted Trump to win was inconsequential as it wasn't nearly widespread enough to alter the results, it DID happen, it IS dishonest, it IS illegal, immoral, c***ting and a clear sign that those involved with it at ANY level care absolutely NOTHING about fair and balanced e******ns OR law and order, they ONLY care about getting their way. Trump even installed one of his cronies, Louis DeJoy, as Postmaster General to sabotage mail in b****ts by sabotaging the post office's efficiency to try to delay b****ts getting out to v**ers and/or back in, in time to be counted. There was no limit to how low Trump would go to win in 2020, luckily he failed.
No, I stand by my preference for a NO PARTY system. It would be pretty damned hard to put one's "no party" before country...