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I think you need to somehow get money out of politics or these majorities will continue to be divided.

Only 69% support same sex marriage? That seems low.

I agree with every single one of those except for the taking away my guns part. The second amendment is vitally important for the exact reason of what we are going through right now: the overtaking of the US government by oppressive fascists.

Then why didn't they fucking vote for it?

Drop the anti-gun arguments; they aren't based on reality.

Such a party should have rejecting corporate/foreign/etc money as part of its platform. Also candidates should be barred from owning stock.

https://xkcd.com/927/

I appreciate and agree with the sentiment, but I think a call to form an entirely new political party demonstrates a naivety with regards to how the American political system works. It's just not going to happen. A third party will NEVER displace one of the two major parties without massive changes to the electoral system that would likely require a Constitutional Amendment.

Our system and political culture is just not structured to allow for 3rd parties. What's more, the 2 major parties have ingrained themselves into the system so much that they have MASSIVE institutional advantages over a 3rd party.

This will never be a successful effort. I think a better goal would be to co-opt and take over the Democratic Party, booting out all the Vichy collaborationists like Schumer, Jefferies, Newsom, Adams, Pelosi, etc, and remaking the party.

With a new 3rd party, best case scenario is it has 0 impact. If it does get any votes, it'll just divide the anti-fascist vote with the Democrats (and any other 3rd parties) making it even more difficult to win.

You'd want to avoid using the word 'progressive' because it's already become a shorthand.

People will vote against things they want (ACA) over terms they hate (Obamacare).

If that's true why did the majority let the minority lead the way, are they dumb?

Me% would love it if everyone were able to attend higher education. History gets sugarcoated in grade school. Once you make it to college, you get to learn all the good stuff.

I'm not sure if people too lazy to vote in a primary to get progressive candidates on the ballot are going to put in the immense amount of effort to create a new political party.