Eahland wrote:Garkland wrote:Then again the current situation reminds me of what became of the Whigs, as they were split on an issue and lost relevancy. I think if the GOP splits it will be better for all of us. People won't have to associate with such a broad party that may contain extremists they disagree with. The third-party can actually be a challenge and threat to other parties and gain strength. I predict in the next decade or two we will have a third-party candidate that will win the white house. It seems very likely.
So, actually look at what happened to the Whigs. They split over the issue of slavery, and some of them became Democrats, some joined the American Party (is it "political nicknaming" if I call them the "Know Nothings"?), and some of them joined with more radically abolitionist groups like the Free Soil and Liberty Parties and formed the Republicans.
And the Know Nothings got stomped by the Republicans in the North, by the Democrats in the South, and over the course of their existence, won a grand total of 8 EVs in one Presidential election, and two Senate seats for one term (plus a couple more who switched). And then they were gone, and there were just the Democrats and the Republicans. It was a different two parties than we'd started with, but it was back to two parties. Because that's the only way our political system is stable.
We have always (modulo a couple of brief transitional periods) been a two-party state, and barring major changes in our voting system and the fundamental structure of our government, we always will be.
If the modern Republicans split, the same thing will happen. The minority group will be briefly relevant, mainly in allowing Democrats to win a bunch of races that they have no business winning, and then they'll be gone, or maybe hang around as a third party with all the relevance of the Libertarians or the Greens. And given the way things are shaping up, it's the Republican Party that'll get hunted to extinction by the raving lunatics.
That is unless several changes are implemented in our government. Several obstacles that third-party candidates had to overcome, like the electoral college, republicans and Democrats trying to stamp out third-party candidates, and growing partisanship. And right now it doesn’t seem like a third parties gonna happen, that was until The dividing and polarizing election of 2020. Yes I might be kind of crazy and a little bit too optimistic about saying that America could be a multi party system in the near future, then again we have been working lots and lots of records recently when it comes to politics, first woman of color as Vice President, Record breaking turn out in the election. Anything could happen at this point. What I have to say that everybody reading this don’t be afraid to step out your comfort zone and see what third parties have to offer. Third parties are weak because we see that the weak and since we believe that the weak we don’t wanna contribute to third party.
Because everyone knows that caring for the sick and the poor is far worse than concentration camps and intentionally letting a pandemic run rampant to kill opponents. Yes I'm being a little trolly but I stand by my points.
