Poll of the Day > The Republican Party is dead

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It's dead to me but it's not dead unfortunately.

You need to prepare yourself for the red wave that's coming. I don't like it either, but you're delusional if you think the Dems are positioned well for the coming election.

jiffdiff posted...

You need to prepare yourself for the red wave that's coming. I don't like it either, but you're delusional if you think the Dems are positioned well for the coming election.

I dont think that. I think both parties are dinosaurs and need to be replaced with parties that represent modern ideals

MeadCore posted...

I think both parties are dinosaurs and need to be replaced with parties that represent modern ideals

Which brings us right back to Kang and Kodos laughing at the idea that someone might consider voting for a third party.

The biggest selling point of the Libertarians has been gobbled up by the GQP and the Green Party is too invested in the healing power of crystals to be taken as a serious mainstream party.

The Democratic party does not have the ability to be ruthless and is going to lose the midterms as a result, then Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination again, wins the 2024 election, (because republicans have made it illegal for democrats to vote, while giving themselves to overturn the results they don't like) and becomes president at noon on January 20th, 2025.

The first thing Joe needed to do was electoral reform, even if a bill gets passed next near it will be to late for it to stop the coming midterm bloodbath.

Im talking about either Andrew Yang and the freedom party or a new party altogether

I might have to do it myself

MeadCore posted...

Andrew Yang and the freedom party

Oh goody, another party to siphon votes away from the democrats, just what America needs right now.

KodyKeir posted...

Oh goody, another party to siphon votes away from the democrats, just what America needs right now.

the democrats arent gonna fix things, not the way people need them to

Im proud to say that I voted for a third party for the last two elections. I also made several topics encouraging others to vote 3rd party only to be met with great disdain by several others here. Looking back on those topics, someone even called all 3rd party candidates Jackwagons and whackadoos.
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Yeah that certainly sounds like something I would say and I still feel that way about those candidates

You were literally just telling people they should vote 3rd party but you still think theyre jackwagons and whackadoos?

MartianManchild posted...

You were literally just telling people they should vote 3rd party but you still think theyre jackwagons and whackadoos?

not all candidates are created equal my dude

not that complicated of a concept to understand

MeadCore posted...

the democrats arent gonna fix things, not the way people need them to

I agree, but they still stand a better chance in the midterms then any third party candidate, and are still the better option then the seditious Republicans.

You can push for a third party all you want, but the hyper polarization of American politics has no room for a third party; it will only split the vote in favour of Republicans.

I made a meme

https://i.imgur.com/uSU8Zge.jpg

lmao that's pretty good

Do we really even have good 3rd party choices? The Libertarians are basically anarchists from my perspective and every time I look at the Green Party something always seems off about them.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Do we really even have good 3rd party choices? The Libertarians are basically anarchists from my perspective and every time I look at the Green Party something always seems off about them.

Forward Party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law

UnMead posted...

Option 3, we all just actually vote for a third party candidate like a society of people that have brains that work some of the time

Yeah, that'll happen. ._.

Things are just gonna keep getting worse and worse, unfortunately.

Zareth posted...

Yeah, that'll happen. ._.

Things are just gonna keep getting worse and worse, unfortunately.

its up to us not anyone else

KodyKeir posted...

Oh goody, another party to siphon votes away from the democrats, just what America needs right now.

This mentality is stupid as hell, parties don't "steal" votes from others. Did you ever stop to think that maybe people that vote for 3rd parties wouldn't vote Democrat regardless? Same goes for Republicans (I was told this a lot when I voted for Johnson/Jorgensen), a 3rd party vote is a vote against the 2 party system so it makes no sense that they're "stealing" votes from said parties.

Except that "us" is less than a million people. Even if everyone who feels the same way as you goes out and votes for the same candidate (which they won't) all you'll accomplish is giving the Republicans a win. And the Democrats won't learn their lesson.

Ah yes, the Democrats can only learn their lesson by winning.

1/6 is quickly becoming the democrats version of Benghazi.

Veedrock- posted...

Ah yes, the Democrats can only learn their lesson by winning.

The Democrats will never learn their lesson, win or lose.

There is no winning this for any of you anymore. That ship sailed a long time ago. Your best bet is to be the one who loses the least and hope the incoming shitstorm doesnt hit till you're dead.

What's hilarious is we have actually had viable 3rd parties in the past, but they are usually driven out and killed by either the Democrats or Republicans because they are a threat to that party.

So let's say a new 3rd party rises up and it tends to favor more Republican votes than Democrat. The Republicans have a duty to eliminate that party because even if it only gets say about 5% of the total vote that could kill their chances of beating the Democrats in many races.

The two parties have such a strong foothold that they can easily eliminate any upstart parties that they feel are a threat to their future winning.

Monopoman posted...

What's hilarious is we have actually had viable 3rd parties in the past, but they are usually driven out and killed by either the Democrats or Republicans because they are a threat to that party.

So let's say a new 3rd party rises up and it tends to favor more Republican votes than Democrat. The Republicans have a duty to eliminate that party because even if it only gets say about 5% of the total vote that could kill their chances of beating the Democrats in many races.

The two parties have such a strong foothold that they can easily eliminate any upstart parties that they feel are a threat to their future winning.

The only 3rd party I've ever heavily supported is the now defunct Modern Whig Party. It's sadly not surprising that the party that based it's core values around independent thought, didn't garner the support of general population. People really seem to like the binary hive mind model.

Ozmose posted...

1/6 is quickly becoming the democrats version of Benghazi.

Read the texts.

BlackScythe0 posted...

One of the weirder shit posts I've seen.

I assure you its not.

Ozmose posted...

1/6 is quickly becoming the democrats version of Benghazi.

Benghazi was a controversy that never really made sense. I don't really see how this can be compared.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Benghazi was a controversy that never really made sense. I don't really see how this can be compared.

It compares in the sense that it's a bunch of over inflated bullshit. The fact that that they keep calling it an "insurrection" is just ridiculous. It was a riot, plain and simple. People involved in an insurrection don't go in unarmed, then just go home after a couple of hours. I'll add not a single person has yet to be charged with sedition, which should be the obvious open and shut case if it was what they're portraying it as.

Ozmose posted...

It compares in the sense that it's a bunch of over inflated bullshit. The fact that that they keep calling it an "insurrection" is just ridiculous. It was a riot, plain and simple. People involved in an insurrection don't go in unarmed, then just go home after a couple of hours. I'll add not a single person has yet to be charged with sedition, which should be the obvious open and shut case if it was what they're portraying it as.

You didn't explain any similarities.

Ozmose posted...

It compares in the sense that it's a bunch of over inflated bullshit. The fact that that they keep calling it an "insurrection" is just ridiculous. It was a riot, plain and simple. People involved in an insurrection don't go in unarmed, then just go home after a couple of hours. I'll add not a single person has yet to be charged with sedition, which should be the obvious open and shut case if it was what they're portraying it as.

You should really read the texts.

They're going to have a bunch of senate hearings over something that was more fuck up than intent. They'll drag it on for years to come, wasting millions of taxpayers dollars just for it to end with no real meaningful outcome. Still not seeing any similarities?

It aint gonna take years. The string is being pulled.

Ozmose posted...

They're going to have a bunch of senate hearings over something that was more fuck up than intent. They'll drag it on for years to come, wasting millions of taxpayers dollars just for it to end with no real meaningful outcome. Still not seeing any similarities?

So building a gallows breaking into what should be one of the most secure buildings in the nation with flex cuffs to get prisoners to hang is a simple fuck up?

I don't know about you but while I've never gone to a protest it wouldn't cross my mind to bring flexcuffs to one.

Ozmose posted...

go in unarmed, then just go home after a couple of hours

Umm

Ozmose posted...

The only 3rd party I've ever heavily supported is the now defunct Modern Whig Party. It's sadly not surprising that the party that based it's core values around independent thought, didn't garner the support of general population. People really seem to like the binary hive mind model.

In the early 2000's the Republicans were really worried about a party that was rising, but they were able to slowly but surely erode that party. Can't recall the name of the party but they felt that a high % of the votes that party would get would be primary Republican voters.

Shit, a lot of times they just reform their own party to be more appealing to those that would vote that way, I have a buddy that is quite old and he really liked the 80's and 70's Republican platform and even before Trump came to power he felt his party was dead. Since he didn't have the Republican party he actually felt a part of anymore.

Monopoman posted...

What's hilarious is we have actually had viable 3rd parties in the past, but they are usually driven out and killed by either the Democrats or Republicans because they are a threat to that party.

So let's say a new 3rd party rises up and it tends to favor more Republican votes than Democrat. The Republicans have a duty to eliminate that party because even if it only gets say about 5% of the total vote that could kill their chances of beating the Democrats in many races.

The two parties have such a strong foothold that they can easily eliminate any upstart parties that they feel are a threat to their future winning.

Yeah this.
Any 3rd party that could win enough swing votes that could have gone to the Democrats or Republicans will be killed. Dems and Reps would rather see the other party win an election over any third party.

Muscles posted...

parties don't "steal" votes from others.

Ross Perot and the Reform Party. It's the reason HW lost in '92 and Dole lost in '96. Clinton was only president because Perot split the vote on the right.

Ozmose posted...

I'll add not a single person has yet to be charged with sedition,

So far, the wheels of justice turn slow and the only ones charged have been the foot soldiers; none of the ring leaders have been charged as yet. And also because the Mens Rea is next to impossible to prove.

Remember, the first step to a successful coup, is a failed coup.