Third Party?

I use to vote for one of the popular two parties, but I was never satisfied. It wasn't so much that I voted for a Republican or a Democrat because I usually didn't like either one. So that left me choosing the one that I liked least and voting for the other one! So I left that party to join a third party whose platform I can agree with on each and every point. I don't know if my party will have a president in the White House soon or not, but at least I know that I'm voting for what I believe in. I understand that there is a fear (for some) that voting for a third party will split one of the major parties in two, but so what? I think that it would split both parties and we would have more options to choose from. What about you, would you rather vote for a party that you believe in or do you prefer to stay in a party because it's the party you always voted for even though you don't agree with a number of issues on their platform? Have you done any research on third parties?

Third Party?
It would seem that a serious third party could do very well right now, a lot of republicans are backing away from the party's far right agenda and a lot of democrats are looking for a little more backbone than the current party leadership has to offer,. Unfortunately, most existing third parties serve only a special interest or outer fringe constituencies with no broad base appeal or chance of taking any national office.... now if a candidate with favorable numbers on both sides could form a platform that could take advantage of current voter dissatisfaction, he might have a chance.....only John McCain could pull it off at this time,
Reply:I've voted for third-party candidates a couple of times and have mixed feelings about it. It DOES feel good to vote for someone you really feel good about. But it's also hard not to support the "lesser of two evils", whoever that may be.
Reply:Any third party will have to overcome the strangle-hold that this supposed two party system has on the system itself. The same corporate contributors contribute equally to both parties. That keeps the two parties somewhat equal in strength, and keeps up the illusion of a two party system. Both parties are not that far apart when it comes to world politics.





A perfect example of this is the democrats recent statement that they will not press for impeachment of this bastard in the White House, even after all that he has done to our once great nation.





A real second party is a threat to these liars that have control of our current system.
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I'd be interested to see a Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton ticket in 2008. A moderate third party with just a little funding could win in a walk.