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Originally posted by djtestudo
I mean that the two party system helps both sides. A true active third-party could hurt the two parties a lot.
Because a lot of what you are proposing would have to go through Congress, unless there is a significant presence of third-party members there, nothing like that would get done. The two parties would not cooporate.
Now, if after two years of that congressmen start losing their elections to third-party members, then there would likely be progress.
It would be almost impossible, in my mind, for a third-party/independent candidate to be a successful President due to the Congress.
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All it takes is citizens who have the courage to ask for it. The Republican party splashed into existance against all odds, basically obliterating the formerly powerful Whig party. The people who voted Republican weren't nay-sayers, they were doers and they fought for what they believed in. The more we voters have the courage to do that, the more people who don't will learn that there are people who agree with them and also have the courage to do the same. This is how change is brought.