My best case scenario for the parties (assuming we keep the two party system and don’t get something like Ranked Choice or Approval Voting in place) is that the Republican party vanishes. Then, the Democrats can split into Progressives and Centrists.
Splitting the vote is liberal myth. Most of us independent voters wouldn’t support a corporate owned politician if they were the only one on the ballot. Reforming the party within will never happen, no one is ever given any power in the party until they tow the party line and not viewed as a threat to the power structure.
This is why Bernie always runs in Dem primaries.
It’s impossible for a 3rd party candidate to win. They’ll just split the vote.
We need to fix our electoral system, but the two main parties aren’t going to just give up the power they’ve accumulated.
So progressives need to take control of the Dem party before there’s even a chance of fixing it.
My best case scenario for the parties (assuming we keep the two party system and don’t get something like Ranked Choice or Approval Voting in place) is that the Republican party vanishes. Then, the Democrats can split into Progressives and Centrists.
Progressives and Liberals. Centrists are just conservatives.
Splitting the vote is liberal myth. Most of us independent voters wouldn’t support a corporate owned politician if they were the only one on the ballot. Reforming the party within will never happen, no one is ever given any power in the party until they tow the party line and not viewed as a threat to the power structure.
Toe the line, yet it’s still the most accurate part of your comment.