2007-01-28 15:01:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
About another 20 years. Independent and Green Ticket candidates are popping up all the time. We have a few Independents in the House right now. They are going to keep gaining momentum people are sick of right wing and left wing they want whats best for this country not that parties supporters.
2007-01-28 15:19:32 · answer #1 · answered by powerliftingrules 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A major change in public thinking. Independent candidates run every election, but the public had been mis-educated not to take them seriously. Sadly, only the two main parties are recognized as legitimate. It would take a major advertising blitz and a lot of campaign money for anyone to take an independent party candidate seriously.
2007-01-28 23:10:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A miracle. Although I'm a Democrat, I'd really like to see a third party make some headway in terms of fielding candidates. When you have to choose between the lesser of two evils, look what happens. You end up with George W. Bush as President.
2007-01-28 23:07:26 · answer #3 · answered by milwaukiedave 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
One of the parties would have to lose badly, and then disintergrate. Then the other party would dominate for a while, until a new opposition came up. This happened in the 1800s to the Federalists who became Whigs and then Republicans. Or, the alliance between evangelicals and business leaders would have to end.
2007-01-28 23:44:03 · answer #4 · answered by ak 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately,it would take corporate funding because no other political party has that kind of money. Either that or a realization by both major party that corporate money must be taken out of the political process to keep our democracy for the people and by the people. But that ain't gonna happen either.
2007-01-28 23:06:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Miracle is exactly right because Americans won't vote for ANYONE that the news media doesn't approve of, and they in turn only approve of politicians who can give them access to the power stories: Republicans and Democrats
2007-01-28 23:15:41 · answer #6 · answered by The Father of All Neocons 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is very difficult. I think that you'd have to get 5% of the vote in several elections in all fifty states to be able to qualify for the electoral college to vote for that party. I don't think that the Libertarians or Ross Poirot's Reform Party have gotten enough votes for a single electoral
college vote.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_party_(United_States)
2007-01-28 23:10:26 · answer #7 · answered by Susan M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For people not to be sheep and to realize that they have more than two choices . . . .
Also, I think a drastic change in campaigning is needed. There is no reason to be spending millions upon millions of dollars on ads no one cares about. Televised debates should be enough.
2007-01-28 23:05:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the independants or the libertarian parties would make an actual attempt, they could gain quite a few seats.
2007-01-28 23:05:43 · answer #9 · answered by Dfire 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
True public election funding, and no private option.
2007-01-29 00:02:42 · answer #10 · answered by The Big Box 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋