03-30-2024, 09:28 PM
(03-30-2024, 08:52 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: The truth of the matter is that in our Nation, both parties are losing supporters at a fast clip. If ever there was a time for a 3rd party to make a significant impact on an election, this would be the year. The Democaratic Party has went to great lengths to denounce and defame the "no labels party", in my opinion because several of the supporters of NLP are people who chose to leave the current Democaratic Party as their ideals simply don't align with mainstream America any longer. If you ask me, a candidate like Joe Machin with a running mate like Tulsi Gabbard could actually gain enough votes from both sides to make a significant impact in the upcoming election. But, it likely won't happen.
In our current electoral system, a third-party or independent cannot win. The only chance they have is as a spoiler candidate when it comes to the presidential election, especially. The DNC knows that NLP would pull more from them than Trump resulting in a Trump win. This is why Chris Christie turned down the offer; his team came to the same conclusion. There is no chance that their candidate could pull off enough to win the race. Trump and the GOP knows that third-party types will have this impact as well, it's why Trump's largest donor is the one who has been funding RFK Jr.'s campaign as well. He is a chaos agent intended to split Biden's vote just enough to give Trump the win. It's a real shady move.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
