will Third Parties Emrge in the 2014 USA midterm elections

[American Pride]

No, i would not have supported the Tarp Act for i dont not believe in Corporate Handouts and the Putting my tax dollars to bail out Business.

Stopping right here (I'll address the other, nonsensical parts at a later date, if I feel like it), why wouldn't you? Are you familiar with which businesses took TARP money? Are you familiar with the TARP program itself?

Yes i know the tarp Act it was to purchase subsidizes and assets to help stabilize the economy I know that GM Chrysler and a few other select corporations received Help.

[Regnum Dominae]

No. The Green Party is delusional with their psuedoscience support, conspiracy theorism, and environmental radicalism; the Libertarians are way too extreme and are too opposed to compromise (Gary Johnson was less extreme but he had unusual views for an LP candidate) and they seem to be more Paulite/paleoconservative than libertarian a lot of the time; the Constitutionalists seem to have never read the document that their party is named after.

I'd like to have a multi-party system but we're going to need more viable third parties first.

[Vazdania]

LOL no, this death struggle between the Republicans and Democrats will last for ages to come.

[The Serbian Empire]

If the GOP keeps on doing what they're doing, that chance might be within the end of my life.

I doubt that they will stay the same.

Just look at what happened to the Dems when they lost the Dixiecrats. They came backa few elections later.

It's no different for the GOP.

Is it?

The Whigs disappeared though in the US. I suspect that is what is happening within the GOP is that they're turning into the Whigs or Know-Nothings.

[Vazdania]

I doubt that they will stay the same.

Just look at what happened to the Dems when they lost the Dixiecrats. They came backa few elections later.

It's no different for the GOP.

Is it?

The Whigs disappeared though in the US. I suspect that is what is happening within the GOP is that they're turning into the Whigs or Know-Nothings.

Trust me, there is enough conservative support for a new Conservative party to form, even if the Republicans went down the tube.

[Blasveck]

No. The Green Party is delusional with their psuedoscience support, conspiracy theorism, and environmental radicalism; the Libertarians are way too extreme and are too opposed to compromise (Gary Johnson was less extreme but he had unusual views for an LP candidate) and they seem to be more Paulite/paleoconservative than libertarian a lot of the time; the Constitutionalists seem to have never read the document that their party is named after.

I'd like to have a multi-party system but we're going to need more viable third parties first.

When parties get big enough for electability, they TEND to lose their more extremist elements to garner more votes and appease more people.

What we really need, is a mixed member proportional system, or at least an alternative voting system.

[American Pride]

Stopping right here (I'll address the other, nonsensical parts at a later date, if I feel like it), why wouldn't you? Are you familiar with which businesses took TARP money? Are you familiar with the TARP program itself?

So you believe Dumping bad debt on the innocent taxpayers is an act of theft and is wrong.It is unconstitutional There is no constitutional authority to use government power to serve special interests. And select Corporations

[Trotskylvania]

The US political system operates under rules making that near impossible.

Congresspeople are elected from single-member districts. Presidential politics is mediated through the electoral college with a state-by-state winner take all system with only two exceptions. The whole structure ensures that only two parties can be competitive nationally.

A third party can only really make a mark if it has a strong regional base of power (a la the Bloc Quebecois or NDP in Canada), or they rapidly overtake and destroy one of the main parties (like Labour did in the UK). Otherwise, they'll be irrelevant or peter out.

Furthermore, mid-terms are low-information, low-resource events. They don't attract the same media attention or fervor from the electorate. This environment favors incumbents. People will vote for what they know, and the D or R behind their name tells a whole lot about the candidate. A G or an L really doesn't, and honestly no one really cares about their pet ideologies.

[Vazdania]

So you believe Dumping bad debt on the innocent taxpayers is an act of theft and is wrong.It is unconstitutional There is no constitutional authority to use government power to serve special interests. And select Corporations

But Corporations are good for America. You can work, and work, and work some more.

[American Pride]

So you believe Dumping bad debt on the innocent taxpayers is an act of theft and is wrong.It is unconstitutional There is no constitutional authority to use government power to serve special interests. And select Corporations

But Corporations are good for America. You can work, and work, and work some more.

Corporations and Big Business ruin this country Small Business is the backbone of this nation.

[Avenio]

No, for one simple reason; almost all of the third parties literally cannot field enough candidates in Congressional races in order to get a majority. Not even close.

[Trotskylvania]

So you believe Dumping bad debt on the innocent taxpayers is an act of theft and is wrong.It is unconstitutional There is no constitutional authority to use government power to serve special interests. And select Corporations

Given who the taxpayers keep voting for, It'd be quite a stretch to call them innocent.

And I don't think you really understands how the Constitution works. The Constitution gives the federal government a set of powers. Such as the power to regulate commerce among the several states. The Constitution does not say how they are to be used. It leaves that as a political question, and the courts have broadly upheld that it is unwise to interfere in political issues except when due process rights have been violated.

[Escasia]

What we really need, is a mixed member proportional system, or at least an alternative voting system.

The problem with changing voting system is that it would be bitterly opposed by the Republicans and Democrats, since they both benefit enormously from the current system. Considering how influential those two parties are, it would likely be difficult to gain public support for AV.

Again, happened in the UK. The main parties spread all kinds of crazy nonsense rumors about AV, and the US parties are even better at advertising than ours.

[Caninope]

Stopping right here (I'll address the other, nonsensical parts at a later date, if I feel like it), why wouldn't you? Are you familiar with which businesses took TARP money? Are you familiar with the TARP program itself?

Yes i know the tarp Act it was to purchase subsidizes and assets to help stabilize the economy I know that GM Chrysler and a few other select corporations received Help.

Here's a list of companies that received TARP funds. Notice something? They're mostly banks or other companies in the financial industry?

Would you like to take a gander at why?

[Geilinor]

Not anymore than they have emerged. It will take a lot more to break the two-party system.

[Occupied Deutschland]

Yes i know the tarp Act it was to purchase subsidizes and assets to help stabilize the economy I know that GM Chrysler and a few other select corporations received Help.

Here's a list of companies that received TARP funds. Notice something? They're mostly banks or other companies in the financial industry?

Would you like to take a gander at why?

Very good lobbyists.

[Narulthit]

don't know don't care I will support the smartest party I don't have any specific one

[Caninope]

Here's a list of companies that received TARP funds. Notice something? They're mostly banks or other companies in the financial industry?

Would you like to take a gander at why?

Very good lobbyists.

Close, but no dice.

[American Pride]

Yes i know the tarp Act it was to purchase subsidizes and assets to help stabilize the economy I know that GM Chrysler and a few other select corporations received Help.

Here's a list of companies that received TARP funds. Notice something? They're mostly banks or other companies in the financial industry?

Yes, I know they thought it would stabilize the economy but allowing the companies to fail and declare bankruptcy would be the best "bailout" as the economic realities could be dealt with by the market!!!!!!!!!! My point is right there

[American Pride]

don't know don't care I will support the smartest party I don't have any specific one

Great ideology

[Ostroeuropa]

No.

So you think that we will just keep electing each side and continue to let them fuck things up?

The middle class party will inevitably cause the shrinkage of the middle class, at which point we'll either see a sudden shift to the left, or a revolution, or mass apathy (probably this one) as voter turnout plummets continually.
The Ideological Conservative party will continue to fuck things up as usual.
Third parties will absorb the vote from TMCP when it's likely to win, and plummet as it's voters freak out and vote TMCP when the ICC is likely to win.

[Arguazil]

I dont know

[American Pride]

So you think that we will just keep electing each side and continue to let them fuck things up?

The middle class party will inevitably cause the shrinkage of the middle class, at which point we'll either see a sudden shift to the left, or a revolution, or mass apathy (probably this one) as voter turnout plummets continually.
The Ideological Conservative party will continue to fuck things up as usual.

Well Thats A bias Comment for the Far-left also Fucks things up. I think that America will make a change to either the far-left or the far-left In the next 50 years as a social Revolution Will happen. And Some great Speaker and Leader will come from the ashes and sway the people Because history repeats itself

[Geilinor]

The Whigs disappeared though in the US. I suspect that is what is happening within the GOP is that they're turning into the Whigs or Know-Nothings.

Trust me, there is enough conservative support for a new Conservative party to form, even if the Republicans went down the tube.

The more moderate Republicans should just leave the party and create a Progressive-Conservative party or something if things don't improve.

[Lesbia]

No.

So you think that we will just keep electing each side and continue to let them fuck things up?

Yup.