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Time to break free of traditional political ideological labeling and divisions. Time to abandon old, divisive sociopolitical labels like "liberal" and "conservative".

A new political party based on a vastly, commonly held virtures lends itself to embrace over 66% of Americans, and it clearly embraces progressive principled thinking. In the most ideal American sense of unity, a political party should not be able to be defined or placed as "to the left" or "to the right" of where the Democratic or Republican parties currently are. Just let it exist organically based on present-day principled thinking. The American Progressive Majority.


Originally Posted By u/Atlanticbboy At 2025-03-23 04:38:18 AM | Source


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[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are exactly correct. And how did they do that? By creating a 3rd party, costing Republicans tons of votes, and forcing them to move to the right.

[–] vvilld@50501.chat 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What 3rd party did they create? The last significant (and I use that word very loosely here) new US 3rd party was the Green Party formed in the 90s.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Tea Party. Sure it wasn't a party in the traditional sense, yet it fully achieved all its goals.

[–] vvilld@50501.chat 0 points 1 week ago

That's just my point. It wasn't a party like OP here is calling for. It was a movement within the Republican Party.

What OP is calling for here is kinda the exact opposite. The Tea Party movement successfully got a bunch of people who typically don't engage in politics to join and vote for Republicans. The never had a problem of ballot access or competing with an ideologically similar opponent in general elections because they weren't a different party. OP here is calling for people to vote for a new third party. That's a completely different thing.