03-18-2016, 05:08 PM
(03-18-2016, 01:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: There will never be a viable third party in this country until we get major campaign finance reform. the two major parties control too much of the money and resources needed to elect a candidate.
I agree, here. We definitely need to look at an overhaul of how the funding works for our political process.
(03-18-2016, 01:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: But I believe that a third party is exactly what we need to break the gridlock in congress. It doesn't even have to be a big third party. It just needs to control enough seats to swing votes one way or the other.
I don't think there will ever be enough parties so that every person has one that 100% meshes with his beliefs. But something needs to change so that we can start fixing some of the problems facing this country. As long as "compromise" is seen as a dirty word in congress the United States will continue to suffer.
No, there will never be enough to get it where everyone has someone they fully get behind, but it would still be a far cry better than what we have now if there was just one more party. I think a great number would be 5 major parties. Right, left, center-right, center-left, and centrist.
