Quote Originally Posted by Firehaus View Post
When was the last time a 3rd party person came close to winning a percentage close to the Republicans or Democrats? Ross Perot?

That?s how Clinton was elected.

You can argue semantics, but generally you have the Republicans/ Conservatives or the Democrats/ Liberals to vote for who actually have a chance of winning the election.

I understand your point and it?s not necessarily wrong, but it?s idealistic. I?m a realist.

I remember in 2008 at the intersection of Wads & I-70 in Arvada there would be protesters every weekend protesting Bush and the Iraq war.

Obama won and no more protesters. Did the war stop? Did the bombs and killing of children stop? No. Their candidate was elected and that?s all that mattered. That?s the liberal hive mind at work. That is who we are up against.


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A party needs to consider both independent voters and voter sentiment/motivation. The primary reason an election is lost is that many voters stay home. 2026 and 2028 will be a blood bath for the GOP, and not because of third-party votes, and it absolutely deserves it.

Honestly, I believe preference voting is a way forward, despite the knee-jerks and screams that people like Trump wouldn't make it into office, that's exactly the point. The bottom-of-the-barrel of political corruption probably wouldn't make it into office. Maybe, just maybe, a candidate that isn't a controversial extreme would be in office, oh, the humanity.