I’m hoping for some real meaningful dialogue in this thread (perhaps I’m being naive). I’m completely dissatisfied with both the Republican and Democrat parties so I guess I would consider myself an independent. This has left me feeling out on an island politically.
So anyway as I look at myself wanting a legitimate 3rd party this thought has crossed my mind.
What if as long as we have a partisan two-party system there never can be racial reconciliation? Because it doesn’t really benefit either side and then prevents coalitions around a similar issue.
For example African-Americans for the past 50-60 years have traditionally voted for the Democratic Party. So it doesnt really benefit the Democrats for there to be real racial reconciliation because they wouldn’t be able to point to the GOP as racist and keep the loyalty of the black vote.
Then as a Republican if you take up the cause of racial reconciliation you get screamed at for being a leftist socialist, anti-police, and a marxists.
I just wonder if we had a real 3rd moderate party if it would help bring real racial reconciliation.
We already have a third party, the Libertarian party. We also have a fourth party, the Green party.
There are fifth, sixth, seventh, et cetera. Your choices are:
1. Research all of them and select one from the list.
OR
2. Create your own political party, register as such, distribute your leaflets, give your orations and hope for the best. But keep this in mind, it had better be a good one, because mainstream USA has consistently sided with either the formerly Democrat party or the Republican party; not because they were the only political parties available, but because much of each side's policies appealed to the voters and those others, not really.