Even worse, they identify themselves as members of those two parties when they aren't.Nope. Americans are dumb. They honestly believe theres only two parties.
I just don't see how liberatarian minded folk can stomach moral authoritarians in the long run.
Nope. Americans are dumb. They honestly believe theres only two parties.
The GOP is going to get so small, that it's going to dissolve like the Whigs did and like the Federalists did before the Whigs, although it will regroup into yet another Hamiltonian/Clayite/Lincolnite Party. The Democrats, though, are probably going to always exist since they're the longest lasting political party that ever existed anywhere in the world (and that starts with 1832 or 1836 rather than 1792, because Jefferson's party actually isn't the modern Democratic party).But I would not be surprised if in the near future the GOP splinters and one of it's successor parties ultimately gets the Presidency.
The GOP is going to get so small, that it's going to dissolve like the Whigs did and like the Federalists did before the Whigs, although it will regroup into yet another Hamiltonian/Clayite/Lincolnite Party. The Democrats, though, are probably going to always exist since they're the longest lasting political party that ever existed anywhere in the world (and that starts with 1832 or 1836 rather than 1792, because Jefferson's party actually isn't the modern Democratic party).
This is true. The modern Dem party is far to the right of the Dem party of Kennedy on fiscal, labor, trade, banking, and just about everything else except civil rights.Umm, Kennedy's party isn't the modern Democratic party.
No, though Ross Perot came close.
19% of the popular vote in 1992, 8% in 1996, no electors in either campaign.No, though Ross Perot came close.
Mr. Johnson is going to win in November, so yes.
It's the same party in name only.Umm, Kennedy's party isn't the modern Democratic party.
If you're talking about Tedward Kennedy, then that may be true, but if you're talking about John or their father (whose father supported the Last Good Democratic President), then that is absolutely false. The first two Irish Catholic descended Americans who ran for President were still a lot more conservative than the 3rd (JFK) was though and conservative in better ways.This is true. The Dem party today is far to the right of the Dem party of Kennedy on fiscal, labor, trade, banking, and just about everything else except civil rights.
I don't think it will happen because that's one issue that both parties can agree on: a third party is a threat to their power. They will make sure that the deck gets ever more stacked against a third party. They can't stack the deck against each other because the two powers are roughly equally divided, but they can (and do) work together to make sure nobody else steps on their collective turf.