i swear half the young people i meet tell me they campaigned for bernie. their souls got sucked out a little when realizing their own party was fighting him all along. like step aside for hillary then see her fail to trump. that hurt. anyway i miss the enthusiasm for politics they brought. bernie is only alone within his own party...
Honestly if there were a viable 3rd party contender that wasn't composed of extremists and corporate shills I suspect it would be extremely popular. Everyone is sick of corporate Dems promising change and never delivering because their corporate masters keep them on a leash
It would more popular than like other third parties in the US but definitely not popular enough to threaten the ruling two party establishment of the US.
The median voter doesn't particularly care. All they care about is whether it affects them personally. Which is why the economy is always such a major issue in the US.
Even if the third party seemed to be popular and gaining it, it would lead to the Republicans and Democrats coming together in some weird unholy alliance to crush anti corporate resistance.
Oh I'm well aware of how difficult it would be to actually establish a viable competitor party. I'm just saying that I believe a lot of folks in my generation and the younger generations would support it since the dems can't seem to get much done and the republicans want to drag us back to the stone age
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u/WilliamJamesMyers 15h ago
i swear half the young people i meet tell me they campaigned for bernie. their souls got sucked out a little when realizing their own party was fighting him all along. like step aside for hillary then see her fail to trump. that hurt. anyway i miss the enthusiasm for politics they brought. bernie is only alone within his own party...