The #war drums are beating. We need real change in #USPolitics. Neither the #DNC nor the #GOP offer that. Vote #ThirdParty this November.
@MHS_Jenkins What specifically do you like about a third party platform? Who do you think benefits?
@TheresaVermont That depends greatly on the third party. There are more than two possible positions on any given issue and by including third parties in our politics we can better represent everyone. There's no mention of political parties in the US Constitution for a reason.
@MHS_Jenkins Ralph Nader’s third party candidacy stole votes from Al Gore and some analysts suggests that significantly contributed to Bush winning. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1540-6237.8403006
@TheresaVermont @MHS_Jenkins I was there. I voted for Nader, and then had to sit with myself.
I still do believe he is a far better human being than anyone who was running, or has run since, but what did that get us, when everyone votes "strategically" based on how they think others will vote?
@AskTheDevil @MHS_Jenkins Yes he is The issue is we have no mechanism to build coalitions. Election funding laws now make it very difficult.
@TheresaVermont @MHS_Jenkins If we end up in a world where we're able to get rid of political parties, I assume we'd also have the same power to not keep campaign finance laws designed only to benefit the parties we just made illegal.
@TheresaVermont @MHS_Jenkins If I make a wish, why wish for 1 puppy, when you could wish for ALLLLL the puppies!
@MHS_Jenkins There are indeed more than 2 positions. While the Constitution doesn’t limit parties, we have 200 years of 2 party rule. We have no tradition or controls for coalition government. Instead a third party candidate removes votes from a popular candidate and can lead to a candidate with less support for ideas to be elected. Ross Perot may have been the reason George Bush loss reelection.