r/Progressives • u/misledcandy16 • Nov 12 '24

Third Party

With all of the outrage towards Democrats, is now the time for Progressives to break off and start their own party? The typical risk would be that it would just hand the Republicans the presidency but that seems likely to happen regardless of the existence of a Third Party because people are tired of voting for Democrats. Democrats probably lose the next election anyways, so why not use that loss to build momentum for a Third Party Candidate in 2032?

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u/misledcandy16 Nov 22 '24

But what does that entail specifically?

So far I have gathered that the "Democratic Elite" consists of the Middle Class which seems weird to me. Most policy positions talk about growing the Middle Class which would likely involve moving people from the Working Class to the Middle Class.

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u/misledcandy16 Dec 14 '24

Luigi seems to represent the disdain towards healthcare specifically...I don't get the feeling that suddenly all of the voters who voted for tax breaks for the rich suddenly had a change of heart. I get the sense that Trickle Down Economics makes sense to them and that the government taxing the rich is why wages are low.

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u/misledcandy16 Dec 14 '24

Would this move to violence actually spur people into action. There are more people who didn't vote in this election than voted for either party. That seems like a lot of people to draw from to create a legitimate third party.

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u/misledcandy16 Dec 21 '24

Agree that we need to join in but we need the 92 million people who think voting doesn't matter to care too...